Merits and Display Protocol

I present the following Order merits and their suggested ribbons, in descending order, for consideration:


Legion of God – Awarded for: Meritorious service or actions above and beyond the call of duty while in the service of the Order


Distinguished Service Award – Awarded for: The performance of a great act of service or action benefiting the Order but not warranting the honor of the Legion of God


Gold Cross – Awarded for: Especially meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements


Honorable Conduct Award – Awarded to: Order members who have completed at least one year in the Order with no infractions or punishments


Humanitarian Service Citation – Awarded for: Direct participation in an Order operation of a humanitarian nature or the performance of an act of service to mankind


Also, I propose that the protocol be to display ribbons in centered rows of three with the first row being, from left to right, rank, position of responsibility (if any), and highest award. Subsequent awards would be displayed in subsequent rows in the order of precedence. For example:


In this manner it is very easy to tell that the person in question is an Officer, a member of the Grand Chapter, and has received the Gold Cross at first glance.

In addition, to emphasize the humility of members of the Order, it should be forbidden for members to display any Order ribbons outside of the Order or to display any ribbons received from an outside source in the Order.

What say the Brethren?

I like the award designs, the order in which one should display them, and I especially like that no one can be a show-off.

Thanks again Might I say that you have impeccable taste?

I whole-heartedly concur with the implementation of these awards and the stipulations surrounding them.

As with the Ranks and Responsibilities, there seems to be a simple majority in favor here. I'll write up an official post accordingly.

I'd like to slightly alter the Humanitarian Service Citation, if that's alright with everyone:


The reason for this is simply because I think the yellow contrasts better with the blue, and several of our ribbons already use the color gold.

"Yea" (the difference is almost unnoticable)

I know, but it's one of those things that just bugs you when you look at it and I didn't want to change it without letting you guys know first

I also want to fix the Legion of God award:


Again, nothing big, just lightened the contrast a little to make it look better. I promise that's all the changing I'm gonna do (for now ).

Great, now you've ruined them...

cool!

You need to update your signature, Sir Son, so I don't want any lip from you

About that: I had intended my Rescript (2011-1) to mean that members are allowed (but not required) to leave a space in between their ribbons, but if you want uniformity, that's fine too.

I do like uniformity, thank you very much I'm a stickler for things like that