Petition Make the Armed Forces Veterans Badge a forces decoration

Making the Veterans badge a decoration will protect it because
It is illegal under section 197 of the Army Act 1955 to use these to pretend to be a member of the armed forces. (This act will be superseded by the Armed Forces Act 2006 in November.)

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The act makes wearing any military decoration, badge, wound stripe or emblem without authority a criminal offence. It is also illegal to wear a replica "as to be calculated to deceive", and to falsely represent yourself as someone entitled to wear any such award.
Making the Veterans Badge a military decoration will give it protection under these said acts and illegal for non veterans to wear it and use it to secure favour such as discounts given to true veterans

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2,405 signatures

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Date closed 15 April 2016
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