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Usage
This template displays the Ribbon and description of awards.
This template accepts two main parameters:
{{MilAward Desc|PP}}for example gives us Pro Patria Medal ' Pro Patria Medal . This is using the default size. To specify the size, we have to specify the second parameter.- {{MilAward Desc|code=PMM|size=x12px}} works just as well: Pro Merito Medal PMM Pro Merito Medal (1975) (PMM)
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Additional Parameters
Country
You can specify the name of the holder's country and any other country will be added to the description. for example, {{MilAward Desc|OBE|country=ZAR}} will display
- Country specified:
Order of the British Empire (OBE) (Great Britain) - No Country specified: Order of the British Empire (OBE)
You can use as a shortcut country=yes to add the country irrespective.
No Ribbon
If you want to suppress the display of the ribbon, add the parameter : "norib=yes"
- Normal: Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Suppressed: Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Org
If you want the "Org" field (Supposed to be Organisation) then specificy the parameter "org=yes"
- Normal: Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) ' Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) (with Cunene Clasp) [lower-alpha 1]
- Org: Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) ' Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) (with Cunene Clasp) [lower-alpha 2] (SADF)
Combining parameter
You can combine any of the parameters. Here is the country and no ribbon combined
- Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) (with Cunene Clasp) [lower-alpha 3] (South Africa) (SADF)
No Category
The default behaviour of the module is that if a "Recipient" category has been specified, then the page where this template is used will have that category added.
This is subject to the category existing and not being a redirect. If you want to stop the addition of the recipient category completely then specify the parameter nocat=yes
See Also
{{MilAward Ribbon}} {{MilAward Stack}}
Display ribbon along with a description of the award linked to the page about it
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | 1 | This is the code of the Award you want to display
| String | required |
| size | size | This is the size of the image of the Ribbon to display
| String | suggested |
| country | country | This is to make the data from the "country" field display after the description. You have two choices, one is to make it "yes" then the country will always be display or use the country of the recipient and only if it does NOT match will the country be displayed
| String | optional |
| norib | norib | This will suppress the display of the ribbon
| String | optional |
| nocat | nocat | This will suppress the addition of Recipient Categories to the page
| String | optional |
Notes
- ↑ Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with the letter C encircled by a wreath, on the ribbon bar.
- ↑ Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with the letter C encircled by a wreath, on the ribbon bar.
- ↑ Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with the letter C encircled by a wreath, on the ribbon bar.