Quote Originally Posted by fortcollinsjerry View Post
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.
Sorry if I made it seem you were putting your foot in your mouth -- more of a point of information, to borrow from my Model UN days.

As I mentioned, in British custom, minis do hang over the edge of the lapel. Note this primer from the Hereditary Society USA's web site:

http://www.hereditary.us/gent.htm

It follows British Commonwealth protocol fairly close.

T.