Originally Posted by
Tankertrashnav
Interesting
Teeters,
Re Payne VC's group, I think I counted 24. I used to do medal mounting but always "sub contracted" court mounting to a mate, as I found it such a fiddle. Obviously Payne's have been mounted for display, but trying to mount a group of 24 with sufficient overlap to enable them to be worn without looking like Kenny Everett's US general would be a bit of a nightmare!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMHDBL7CNA4
Even with overlapping his medals, the bar is still huge