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{{trope}}
[[File:MarshalGeorgyZhukov 8757.jpg|frame|Marshal Georgy Zhukov ''earned'' all these medals.<ref>Who do you think dragged the Great Purges-decimated Red Army from the brink of defeat against the Nazis' surprise invasion, after he beat the Japanese so soundly they gave up beforehand?</ref>]]
{{quote|The officers were all wearing so many decorations a sniper wouldn't have known who to aim at first.|''[[Saga of Tanya the Evil|Saga of Tanya the Evil (LN)]]''}}
A military (or police) officer wears on his person an improbably large number of medals and other decorations for their age/rank/duration of service. Forms this trope can take include...
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== Films ==
* In ''[[Seven Days in May]]'' (though it's worth mentioning that the amount of real estate on his chest isn't ludicrous, and is probably a reasonable amount for someone of his rank):
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'': in a sketch about a wheelchair race we see one of the participants pre-race talking with someone, shot from below. He's got a chest full of medals. He crosses his legs, at which time we see he's even got medals on the soles of his shoes.
* The British DJ/comedian [[Kenny Everett]] used to have a character on his TV show who was a fire-breathing American [[General Ripper]], frequently crashing into the sketch through a wall. He had massive shoulder pads on his uniform to allow him to show off the ludicrous number of medals he wore.
* ''[[Star Trek: The
* This is repeated in the ''[[Star Trek: The
** For your information, images of Kirk and Data's awards (among others) can be found [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Starfleet_decorations here].
* ''[['Allo 'Allo!|Allo Allo]]'' has Captain Bertorelli (a type 3) who has three rows of large, showy, medals (and loads of gold braid):
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