What medals can you wear on anzac day

April 28, 2 min read. If you have earned the medals yourself, the medals are to be worn on the left side of your chest. This applies to all medals authorised for wear by the Governor-General's Office. All State and Federal awards not to be confused with Commemorative and Unofficial awards - see point 3 below are worn on the right side of your chest. You are here Home. Wearing relatives' medals on Anzac Day.

Conventions for wearing a relatives' medals include: Civilian members of the public should only wear one set of medals. The medals should be those of a direct relative, for example, should have belonged to a brother or sister, dad or mum, grandfather or grandmother.

In all cases these are worn on the right chest. If there are more than one set of relatives medals held by the family, pass on medal sets for other family members to wear — this spreads the memory of that relative amongst the family. There are no rules that say only the eldest male descendent can wear these medals — the family can decide on any family member to be the medals wearer on the day.

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