Well,
serving US personnel have done quite well in the UK in the past, as my old latin master Tex Hardbottle (born late 1944) would often point out....
I think there should be a veteran's 1250, it should be reversible - on one side it should list inflated military accomplishments and carry a recognisable (just) but flattering photo of the bearer in heavily braided uniform (photoshop it - saves the faff of nipping to ground photo), this could be presented at times like the present when the military are highly regarded by civvy st. The flip side could have a somewhat less flattering picture (your face superimposed on a shot of Pete Docherty perhaps, photoshop again) and say something like 'Bill Smith, Pianist, Joe's Brothel' for the other 8 or 9 decades in the century.....
Dave