As someone who reckons to know a bit about medals my own ribbons on my old number one are correctly mounted as per regulations - ie in a neat row of one
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Spit the Dog's major, of course he wasn't entitled to wear the QDJM, miniature or full size, although there's nothing to stop him buying one as a souvenir. That said I used to do a steady trade in restrikes/copies which were bought by ex-service types who felt they had missed out in the medal stakes. I strongly suspect a lot of them got an airing on Remembrance Sunday, etc, and of course some of the guys turned into the sort of Walt that we've discussed on here at various times.