Order of Precedence

[KILTY]

Would Boer War campaign medals take precedence over ww1 campaign medals when being worn in a official

capacity.For example the following.

Kings South Africa 1

Queens South Africa 2

1914 - 1915 Star 3

War Medal 4

Victory Medal 5

Is this the proper sequence?

[Muerrisch]

QSA first, KSA next. Count from middle of body. See, for example, Taprell Dorling 'Ribbons and Medals'

[Guest Ian Bowbrick]

2, 1, 3, 4, 5 is the correct sequence.

Ian

[ttd0]

Just looked it up in the Medal Yearbook and above posts are correct

QSA

KSA

14 or 14/15 Star

War Medal

Victory Medal

These groups are fetching quite a high price these days, especially if there is a Long Service Medal in the group.

Tim

[Guest Ian Bowbrick]

.........and as an example check out eBay Item 2184645173

Ian

[Guest FRANKBARTHOLOMEW]

The correct order of precedence would be (pre-1914):

1. Decorations (e.g. VC, CB, DSO)

2. Coronation and Jubilee Medals (until after WWI)

3. Campaign Medals (in order of campaign concerned)

4. Long Service and Good Conduct Medals

5. Foreign Awards (I think it's decorations first, then campaign medals: e.g. Order of Medijide and then the Khedive's Star, if one had served in Egypt or the Sudan 1882-85).

Hope this helps

Frank Bartholomew

[Muerrisch]

and before some other smarty notices, the CB is not a decoration, but an Order. Got it in the right place, though.

[CROONAERT]

Just a point on the order of wear of campaign medals....

if a soldier served in two campaigns (that were "medal awardable") that were both ongoing at the same time, the order of wear is for the campaign that he served in first is the first worn.

Eg.its possible for a soldier to have served in NI in,say,1981 and then the Falklands in 1982 - this soldier would wear the CSM (with NI clasp) first, followed by the SAM. Another soldier's first campaign may have been the Falklands in '82, followed by a stint in NI in '83. This soldier, although awarded the same medals would wear them in reverse order.

Dave.