The family of the only aircrew fatality (I believe) on 72 Squadron Wessex during Op BANNER, presented his GSM (NI) to the squadron, where, framed, it hung in the Crewroom, just outside the Crewman Leader’s office.
And when the squadron was disbanded in 2002, the framed medal was gifted to the Select Vestry of St Catherine’s Parish Church - the Church of Ireland church, ‘inside the wire’ on the way to ‘C’ Site (I think!!!). Consequently, the Select Vestry, in agreement with the Congregation and the Squadron Execs, hung the medal in pride of place beneath the ‘old’ 72 Squadron Standard that had been laid up in St Catherine’s in the late 1990s.
Now, whether you decide to wear your GSMs etc, or leave them gathering dust in a drawer, is obviously a personal choice. But there are families of at least 1400 British military personnel, and families of 319 RUC members who would cherish the opportunity to see their loved ones wearing their GSM (or other medals), with pride!