Template:Ribbon devices
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This template will superimpose United States military award devices onto military award ribbons. It currently does oak leaf clusters, award stars, service stars (up to a numeric value of 24 total awards) as well as the Arrowhead device, Valor device, Combat V, Fleet Marine Force Combat Operations Insignia, and Operational Distinguishing Device. Variables are as follows:
Variable | Accepted values | Default value |
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number | 0–23 | 0 |
type | oak, award-star, service-star | oak |
other_device | arrowhead, v, nv, fmf, odd | |
name | Name of ribbon image, without the "Image:" prefix or ".svg" suffix | |
ribbon | Any image, without the "Image:" prefix. Do not specify if |name= is also specified.
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alt | Alt text for ribbon image. The default alt text is derived from |name= using the lookup table in {{ribbon devices/alt}}.
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width | 106, 80, 60 | 106 |
- Examples
{{ribbon devices|number=8|type=oak|other_device=v|name=Bronze Star ribbon|width=106}}
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{{ribbon devices|number=6|type=award-star|name=Meritorious Service ribbon|width=106}}
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{{ribbon devices|number=7|type=service-star|other_device=arrowhead|name=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon|width=106}}
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{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=fmf|name=Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary ribbon|width=106}}
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Subtemplates
changeThis template makes use of three subtemplates, which are not intended to be used as standalone templates. They are: {{ribbon devices/device layout}}
, {{ribbon devices/device}}
, and {{ribbon devices/alt}}
. To add a new other_device
, modify {{ribbon devices/device}}
. To add alt text for a new ribbon, modify {{ribbon devices/alt}}
.