having put my foot partially in my mouth I decided to take a look at the US military uniform regs. My comment about my rack being to wide to fit my lapel is true. To be fair however I noted that the US Mess Dress Uniform jacket have lapels which are wider than my Argyll/Braemer and will easily accommodate a 4 wide medal rack. Still, looks like I will have to make a necessary adjustment and put them over the pocket. I doubt anyone at the Ball will call me out on it.