Sunny wrote:

Only in your opinion, if it's accepted practice in a country, so be it.
(BTW I personally have earned and wear my own)
Nothing wrong with a young child proudly wearing his dads medals, on his
right breast.

It's not just my opinion, it's the law here. Here's the FAQ on the
matter on the Department of National Defence site:
http://www.dnd.ca/hr/dhh/engraph/faq...onawa&FaqID=25.
Here is the applicable section:
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/41...ml#section-419. It's only a
summary conviction offence, but still a criminal matter. I believe
there is a similar proscription in the UK, but I not accustomed to
navigating their government sites, and some of their reference
material is not yet on line.

It's fine for the Australians to go around wearing the medals
Australia handed out; I do not dispute that the practices of the Queen
of Australia as a fons honorum can and may be different from those of
the Queen of the UK or the Queen of Canada, even though she is the
same woman in all three cases. Where I take issue is with the wearing
of honours such as the OBE, where the fons is the Queen of the UK, and
contrary to the practices laid down in or associated with the warrant
establishing it.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
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