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# An officer that has so many medals nailed to his uniform that one would expect him to be a ranking general-grade officer, but he turns out to be only a field- or junior-grade officer. And yes, he earned them all ''the hard way''. In other words, someone who is [[Colonel Badass]] / [[Majorly Awesome]] / [[The Captain]] that refuses to be promoted off the field, and has the medals as proof of his numerous [[Badass]] achievements.
# An actual general who has more medals than a normal general could ever earn in a lifetime <ref>Well, assuming at least one or two ''major'' wars broke out during said lifetime, and they participated in and survived it.</ref>. Might be because he's a [[Four
# A [[Miles Gloriosus]] who habitually takes undeserved credit or enjoys nepotism can superficially come across as a either of the above.
# A [[Phony Veteran]] who collects "chest candy" that he never earned and just wants to look impressive.
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* The typical Liberator-Father Of The Nation-Great Leader of a [[Banana Republic]] does this.
* This was a very common trait of Soviet-era generals. Most of the Soviet high brass until the late [[The Eighties|Eighties]] were WWII veterans, and often held at least some small command, leading to significant level of them being already decorated back then. Add to it the Soviet practice to award decorations on the anniversaries (until the late [[The Sixties|Sixties]] ''battle'' decorations were used, later they've switched to the special "breathing" medals), and the regulation that the soldier must wear ''all'' his decorations, including campaign medals, service ribbons, qualification badges etc., on his formal parade uniform, and by the end of the [[Old Soldier|third decade of service]] you'll end up with a [[Bling of War|walking jewelery store]].
** Most spectacular of them was Marshal Georgy Zhukov (currently the article image), said to be the most decorated officer in all Russian history, who did earn all his medals due to [[Four
* Then their Idi Amin who has dozens of medals that cover his chest, it would seem as though he awarded those to himself.
* In the 1970s and 1980s, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was the punchline of countless [[Russian Humour|Soviet jokes]] ridiculing his love for medals, due to him being perhaps the [[Miles Gloriosus|most notorious Type 3 in the Soviet Union]]. He even awarded himself with the Order of Victory that should only be given to great WWII military leaders, despite his own modest WWII record — he was a regimental commissar, and later, when [[Political Officer|Political Officers]] were abolished, a simple colonel with quite an average career. Like Zhukov (see above), he had four Hero of the Soviet Union stars AND a star of the Hero of Socialist Labour, as well as dozens upon dozens of other decorations that he, to put it mildly, [[Bling of War|didn't entirely deserve and wore very prominently]]. After he died, his Order of Victory was specially posthumously revoked from him. Here are some of the gems:
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