Template:Ribbons

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Displaying Multiple Citations of a Service Ribbon

Multiple Service Ribbons Policy

Any general ribbon, ribbon of gallantry & heroism, or lifesaving ribbon may be awarded multiple times, but any campaign ribbon may only be awarded once. A gold star represents each repeated citation, and a silver star represents five additional citations (and therefore five gold stars).

How to use this template:

{{Ribbons|file name of service ribbon|width in pixels|number of times awarded}}

Service Ribbons are available here: Category:Service Ribbons Award Images

So for instance, just type in

{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons LegionOfMerit 2011.jpg|200|4}}

if you earned the Legion of Merit a total of four times, and you'll get the appropriate arrangement of stars!

Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit


Let's say you've been awarded the Silver Star 7 times (wow!) and you want to display the ribbon at a width of 100 pixels. You'd type in:

{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|100|7}}

and get

Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star


Right-aligned single star

Some service ribbons such as the Explorer’s Ribbon and the Gold and Silver Lifesaving Ribbons have a special design in the center.

Awards ServiceRibbons Explorers 2011.jpg Awards ServiceRibbons LifesavingGold 2011.jpg Awards ServiceRibbons LifesavingSilver 2011.jpg

If you don't want to block it with your star, use 2r and 6r to display a gold (2 citations) and silver star (6 citations) respectively, aligned to the right of the ribbon's center.

For instance,

{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons LifesavingSilver 2011.jpg|100|2r}}

gives you

Silver Lifesaving Ribbon
Silver Lifesaving Ribbon


The template currently supports up to 11 citations of the same service ribbon, and yes, you can use this template to also display a single citation of the ribbon as well by leaving off the last number or putting a 1.

Here's how they all look at a width of 120 pixels:

Citations Ribbon Wikicode
1
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120}}
2
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|2}}
2r
Silver Lifesaving Ribbon
Silver Lifesaving Ribbon
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons LifesavingSilver 2011.jpg|120|2r}}
3
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|3}}
4
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|4}}
5
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|5}}
6
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|6}}
6r
Explorer's Ribbon
Explorer's Ribbon
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons Explorers 2011.jpg|120|6r}}
7
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|7}}
8
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|8}}
9
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|9}}
10
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|10}}
11
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
{{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|120|11}}


And here's how it looks in a service rack:

Awards General Tosma1 2011.jpg
Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
Silver Star
Silver Star
Silver Star
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Awards-ServiceRibbon-VaadwaurInvasion.jpg
Gold Lifesaving Ribbon
Gold Lifesaving Ribbon

The code used for that:

{| cellpadding="0" style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
|- border="0"
| [[File:Awards_General_Tosma1_2011.jpg|100px]]
| {{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons LegionOfMerit 2011.jpg|100|4}}
|-
| {{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg|100|7}}
| {{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons PurpleHeart 2011.jpg|100|2}}
|-
| [[File:Awards-ServiceRibbon-VaadwaurInvasion.jpg|100px]]
| {{Ribbons|Awards ServiceRibbons LifesavingGold 2011.jpg|100|2r}}
|}

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