State decorations are orderss, medals and other decorations granted by a sovereign state.
Unlike non-state decorations, state decorations are regulated by the state. Such regulations may specify:
- Lists of decorations which may be worn on military and civil uniform
- The manner in which decorations are to be worn
- Restrictions on the acceptance of foreign decorations by citizens
State decorations normally include one or more of the following components:
- Medals and other decorations suspended from ribbon pinned to the breast
- Women's decorations suspended from a bow worn pinned to the breast
- Neck decorations suspended from narrow ribands around the neck
- Broad ribands worn over one shoulder (on which may be suspended a decoration)
- Breast stars pinned to the lower breast
