https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/th...warded.124179/
When a Foreign Medal is awarded, the FCO Office issue 'permissions' from HM Liz
(as per original website ) regarding wear.
They are
1. Unrestricted permission to wear - Means the recipient can wear it all the time. You will see soldiers with the US Bronze Star for example, OMANI medals and medals from Brunei.
2. Restricted permission - normally relates to functions or service within the Country of origin. i.e. They can wear it on certain occasions only.
3. No permission to wear - Keepsake only e.g. Kuwait and Saudi Liberation Medals (only a handful of very senior Officers got permission to wear the Saudi medal), NATO ISAF etc etc.
Awarded after the recipient finishes service in HM Forces. For example the Pingat Jasa Medal (PJM). No permission to wear has been granted, but the PJM campaign found a loophole in regs whereby it states that the regs do not apply to medals awarded after the subject has ceased to be serving. Have a look at their website for chapter and verse but this is what it says:-
[It is important to note that this part of the advice is unequivocal] Holders of the PJM are entitled to wear it by virtue of the 3 May 1968 notice. Most significantly it the Ministerial Statement ignores the London Gazette Notice of 3 May 1968 which states that the Queen has, in exercise of the Prerogative, approved that Orders, Decorations and Medals conferred with her permission on UK citizens who are not Crown servants by Commonwealth or foreign states may in all cases be worn by the recipients without restriction. Consent having been granted to applications for the PJM on 31 Jan 06, any holder who is not a military or civil servant, is thus entitled to wear it. No formal consent for civilians to wear was necessary since that consent was granted in 1968.