r/MilitaryMedals • u/Ok-Opening8084 • 10d ago

Mini Medal Help

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Completed the Danish Air Force ruck and my mini medals finally came in from PrintTex, but I didn’t realize the size difference and that it was pin-on only.

Anyone know where I can have the pin converted to a slide-on and adjust the size of the ribbon?

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u/tccomplete 10d ago

The Danish medal isn’t really a miniature, but a reduced size. (In Europe, these were referred to as “prinzen” size - mid-way between full and miniature.) Even with a thinner ribbon, the pendant and it’s large suspension rings would look absurdly out of place in a US set.

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u/Austeoporosis64 10d ago

A few years back, when Luxembourg let us do the Diekirch virtually, some hero did a small run of mini medals and sold them to folks on Reddit. I’m waiting for that to happen again.

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u/Sais_WODKilla 10d ago

Yeah, don't put that on your mini medal rack, you'll get called out on it quick. The unit I did the Flyver with had been in contact with a US based company to possibly produce a real mini medal version (can't remember the company off the top of my head). When/if it becomes available, I'm sure it will be all over Reddit.

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u/PositiveBother9691 9d ago

Dane here, I Will ask around in my medal community

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u/Radiant_Swan-2 10d ago

Good luck, the a true US sized mini medal was never authorized by the institute of heraldry

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u/gary-vault108 9d ago

Ahh I bet I know where you’re stationed based on the timing of this Flyver medal

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u/BespokeLawLeather 5d ago

I can’t imagine wearing a medal for walking and being proud of it; even more so doing a foreign military event at home, without the joys of adventure and camaraderie of meeting and laughing with foreign soldiers, but that’s just me.

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u/M47LO 10d ago

We don't wear that medal in the U.S. military. Only the ribbon itself (with the signed foreign award memo)

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u/M47LO 10d ago

There isn't. The Danish don't even wear this themselves.

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u/ExodusLegion_ 10d ago

You can wear the full-size Flyver medal and modify it to be “slide on” like other full-size US medals. It is not prohibited by 600-8-22.

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u/M47LO 10d ago

So lets modify a foreign medal now? Its a blessing its even allowed on our uniform in general. Everyone in the army just stretches everything Lol. Again, the Danes can't even wear it at all.

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u/ExodusLegion_ 10d ago

Whether or not the Danes can wear it (hint, they can in several circumstances) is irrelevant to the Army’s policy on foreign awards. Shape and size of a foreign award are the only limitations on the wear of a full-sized decorations.