Guide to Awards and Decorations (Alliance)

Guide to Awards and Decorations (Alliance)
Below is a comprehensive guide to the Awards and Decorations system on the Moon Guard Wikia. Here you may find information regarding the order of wear, post-nominals, and issuing of these commendations in an in-character setting. Note that this page is currently under construction.

Order of Wear
Below is the full order of wear for all Grand Alliance Military personnel.

Formally, the typical military order of wear goes as follows.


 * Alliance Awards

National Awards

Foreign Awards

Commemoration Awards

Unit Citations

Campaign Medals While this is the common order of wear for most Alliance military personnel, some kingdoms, regiments, or factions may organize their decorations different. === What the Cross of Llane/Liam’s Cross?===

Typically, Alliance awards supercede all national awards, however, the only exception to this is the highest national award of the soldier. For example, a Stormwind soldier may present their Cross of Llane above Alliance awards.

The Alliance Legion of Valor is superior to all awards, including the Cross of Llane. Examples may be found below.

(CL) (ACL) (CSC)

(ALV) (CL) (DSC)

Post-Nominals
While all awards contain post-nominals, only a select number of the awards in the order of wear are permitted to contain an order of wear. These are listed below.

Alliance Awards
Alliance Legion of Valor - ALV

Medallion of the Alliance - MA

High Command Distinguished Service Medal - HC

Alliance Commendation of Leadership - ACL

Grand Cross of Service - GCS

Kingdom of Stormind
Cross of Llane - CL

Cross of Tiffin - CT

Order of the Lion - *

Conspicuous Service Cross - CSC

Distinguished Service Cross - DSC

Stormwind Royal Red Cross - SRRC

Order of the Lion
Class Five - OLM

Class Four - OLCR

Class Three - OLC

Class Two - OLL

Class One - OL

Kingdom of Gilneas
Liam’s Cross - LiC Gilnean Cross of Valour - GCV Cross of Gallantry - CG

Kingdom of Kul Tiras
Navy Cross of Boralus - NCB

Principality of Rostkamm
Rostkamm Rosen Cross - RK

Kingdom of Stromgarde
Might of Thoradin - MT

Stromic Cross - SC

Highland Eagle - HE

SI:7
The SI:7 contains two kinds of awards - public and private. Private awards may only be used in a public setting, but public awards may be worn in any situation due to its nature. However, while only the Intelligence Honor Award may use the post-nominal, it is only permitted to be displayed in an SI:7 setting.

All other SI:7 medals do not display a post-nominal.

Devices
A medal may contain a device, which is a pinned object that denotes a certain class or for additional issuing. For example, the Stormwind Long Service Medal contains a star clasp for each five years following the initial issuing.

Star
The star device is the most common device, usually seen with the King’s Cross and Stormwind Long Service Medal. It is used to denote second or higher issuing of the award. If someone has received another award not typical to this (for example, the Stormwind Community Medal), the medal is to receive a small star, colour as defined below.


 * Gold - All major awards (CSC, CL/CT)

Silver - Single service awards (SWCG Awards, SRRC, DSC)

Bronze - For occupational or situational awards (POWM, PM)

Numeral
A numeral clasp is very rare and typically only used to denote a class of the award. For awards such as the Order of Lion, which is a class-based decoration, it is important to distinguish each class with a numeral device.

The device usually goes as follows.

I
 * Class One -


 * Class Two - II


 * Class Three - III

V
 * Class Four - I


 * Class Five - V

Issuing an award
The issuing begins by the recipient standing front and center to the issuing officer. Then, they will stand to attention as the officer reads out the citation of the award. This is to include the scenario in which merits the award, as well as what they are being awarded. Once the citation has been read out, the medal may be awarded. If the award is applicable to go at the front of the order of wear, it may be pinned there. If it is not applicable (I.E. between two existing awards present), it is to be pinned -above- the line of medals and reattached by the recipient properly after the ceremony. Once the award has been issued, the recipient does an about turn and waits for the applause before being sent back to the detail.