para wings

[armygf]

can anyone tell me how far above the pocket on the uniform jacket the para wings have to be?  thanks! 

 

[Armymedic]

Search it under "Dress Regulations"

But I believe the stem of the leaf is 1 cm above the pocket, medals or ribbons.

(edit to note: apparently you can't access CF dress regs thru internet...I will check at work if I have time)

 

[KevinB]

As Armymedic stated it depends upon your ribbons/medals or lack thereof.

Mine definetly are not 1 cm above the ribbons but the tailor might have boobed.  The things tht bothers me is if you have a second row of ribbons and are wearing medals it looks screwy. 

Anyways dress regs are on the DIN.

 

[armygf]

so what are the actual measurements?  i cannot find the dress regulations online.

 

[armygf]

i am not in the military, just trying to get this done as a gesture to my friend.  it is a suprise so i can't ask him, can someone plese just tell me the measurements for the para wings?  it is the last thing i have to get done.

 

[Inch]

How many medals does he have? There has to be room between the bottom of the wings and the top of the pocket so that the ribbons will fit. If he doesn't have medals like me at this point, then it's something like this; on one of my tunics the pilot wings are touching the top of the pocket, on the other tunic they're a little less than a cm above the pocket. The point is, my two tunics aren't the same and if no one on here knows the exact measurement, odds are he won't either.

 

[Armymedic]

except from Chapter 3 Annex C

forgive me is there are spacing problems...

skill badges
d. Army and air force: jacket, mess dress
    (1) A single miniature cloth, metallic,
embroidered badge, sewn on the left
breast, 10 cm (4 in.) down from the
shoulder seam to the top edge of the
badge, and centred between the edge of
the lapel and the arm seam

e. Jacket, service dress; shirts,
short-sleeved; jacket, high
collar, white (optional), and
army undress (patrols)
     (1) Either full size cloth embroidered, or cloth
metallic embroidered badge (on shirts
and the high collar white jacket, a metal
badge) centred 0.6 cm (1/4 in.) above
undress ribbon(s) on the left breast
     (2) If no ribbons are worn, the badge shall be
centred immediately above the left breast
pocket on jackets and shirts with such
pockets; and, without such pockets, be
positioned with the bottom edge of the
badge on a horizontal line with the
bottom edge of the name tag worn on the
opposite side



(3) Should a badge become obscured by the
lapel of a jacket, it shall be adjusted
sufficiently to the wearer's left to provide
an unrestricted view of the crown and/or
central device
(4) If a second badge is worn, it shall be in
miniature metal format, and be worn as
for, or in conjunction with, commendation
insignia. See Chapter 4, paragraph 17.
(5) Prescribed foreign qualification badges
are authorized for wear like CF badges.
See Chapter 3, Section 3, paragraphs 14.
and 15. Any designed as sleeve badges
are worn on the upper left sleeve, centred
7 cm (2-3/4 in.) from the shoulder seam
to the top edge of the badge, or just
below a CF badge worn there

as you see, my first response was inaccurate. (not wrong, just inaccurate)

 

[armygf]

so 0.6cm above the ribbons?

 

[Inch]

Yes

 

[bossi]

so 0.6cm above the ribbons?

Aw, geez ... and I was just thinking to myself "... a quarter inch sounds so much more meaningful than 0.6 cm ... "