Wearing of ORDERS, DECORATIONS and MEDALS

Order of Precedence of Orders, Decorations and Medals (as referenced from www.gg.ca)

Insignia of Canadian orders, decorations and medals should be worn in the sequence below.  The Post-nominal letters associated with the orders, decorations and medals are indicated in brackets. (An excellent link to a DND online resource for order of precedence of medals is provided for your convenience.)

• Victoria Cross (V.C.)
• Cross of Valour (C.V.)
  
• National Orders
  Companion of the Order of Canada (C.C.)
  Officer of the Order of Canada (O.C.)
  Member of the Order of Canada (C.M.)
  Commander of the Order of Military Metir (C.M.M.)
  Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (C.O.M.) 
  Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)
  Officer of the Order of Military Merit (O.M.M.)
  Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (O.O.M.) 
  Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (M.O.M.) 
  Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (L.V.O.)
  Member of the Order of Military Merit (M.M.M.)
  Member of the Royal Victorian order (M.V.O.)
  The Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem (all grades) (Post nominal letters only for internal use by the Order)
  
• Provincial Orders
  Ordre National Du Quebec (G.O.Q., O.Q., C.Q.)
  Saskatchewan Order of Merit (S.O.M.)
  Order of Ontario (O.Ont)
  Order of British Columbia (O.B.C.)
  Alberta Order of Excellence (A.O.E.)
  Order of Prince Edward island (O.P.E.I.)
  Order of Manitoba (O.M.) 
  Order of New Brunswick (O.N.B.)
• Decorations

  Star of Military Valour (S.M.V.)
  Stor of Courage (S.C.)
  Meritorious Service Cross (M.S.C.)
  Medal of Military Valour (M.M.V.)
  Medal of Bravery (M.B.)
  Meritorious Service Medal (M.S.M.)
  Royal Victorian Medal (R.V.M.)

• War and Operation Service Medals (see section 5)

  Korea Medial
  Canadian Volunteer service Medal for Korea
  Gulf and Kuwait Medal
  Somalie Medal

• Special Service Medal with Bars (see section 2)

  Pakistan 1989-90
  Alert
  Humanitas
  NATO / OTAN
  Peace / Paix
  Ranger 
  Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal

• United Nations Medals

  Serice (Korea) (1950-1954)
  Emergency Force (1956-1967)
  Truce Supervision Ordganization in Palestime(1948-)
  Observer Group in Lebanon (1959)
  Miltary Observation Group in Indea and Pakistan (1948-1979)
  Organization in Congo (1960-1964)
  Temporary Executive Authority in West new Guinea (1962-1963)
  Yemen Observation MIssion (1963-1964)
  Force in Cyprus (1965-)
  India/Pakistan Observation MIssion (1965-1966)
  Emergency Force Middle East (1973-1979)
  Disengagement Observation force Golan Heights (1974-)
  Interim Force in Lebanon (1978)
  Military Obserbation Group in Iran/Iraq (1989)
  Transition Assistance Group (Namibia)
  Observer Group in Central America
  Iraw/Kuwait Observer Mission
  Angola Verification Mission
  Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
  Observer Mission in El Salvador
  Protection Force (Yugoslavia)
  Advance Mission in Cambodia
  Transitional Authority in Cambodia
  Operation in Somalia
  Operation in Mozambique
  Observation Mission in Uganda/Rwanda
  Assistance Mission in Rwanda
  Mission in Haiti
  Verification of Human Rights and Compliance with the Comprehensive Agreemetn on Human Rights in Guatemala
  Mission in the Central African Republic (1998-2000) 
  Preventive Deployment Force (Macedonia) (1995-99) 
  Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995- ) 
  Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (Croatia) (1996- ) 
  Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (1999- ) 
  Special Service (1995- ) 
  Headquarters 

  
  International Commission and Organization Medals

  International Commssion for Supervision and Control (Indo-China 1954-1973)
  International Commission for Controla nd Supervision (Viet Nam 1973)
  Multinational Force and Observers (Sinai 1987-)
  European Community Monitor MIssion (Yugoslavia 1991-)
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Medal with Bars 
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with "Former Yugoslavia" bar 1972

  Commemorative Medals

  Canadian Centrennial medal (1967)
  Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jugillee Medal (1977)
  125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal (1992)

  Long Service and Good Conduct Medals

  RCMP Long Service Medal
  Canadian Forces Decoration (C.D.)

  Exemplary Service Medals

  Police Exemplary Service medal
  Corrections Exemplary Service Medal
  Fire Services Execmplary Service Medal
  Canadian Coast Guard Exemplary Service medal
  Emergecy Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal

  Special Medal

  Queen's Medal for Champion Shot

  Other Medals

  Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship (O.M.C.)
  ONtario medal for Police Bravery
  Ontario medal for Firefighters Bravery
  Saskatchewan Volunteer medal (S.V.M.)
  Ontario Provincial Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
  Service Medal of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem
  Commissionaire Long Service Medal
  Newfoundland and Labrador Bravery Award 
  Newfoundland and Labrador Volunteer Service Medal 
  British Columbia Fire Services Long Service and Bravery Medal