Military patches for rank on kilt?

[Chas]

So very interesting to hear you say so, because I see this mixing done at every Highland Games: US veterans wearing military shirts complete with rank insignia, name badge, medal ribbons, etc with a Scottish bonnet and kilts.

To a lesser degree, this has also been my experience.

[Mikilt]

The last few years I have attended the Chicago Highland Games, there has been a fellow staffing the admissions tent who wore a cap badge from the Royal Marines on his glengarry while in jeans and a t-shirt. Was he out of order?

[Steve Ashton]

Folks, just a kind word of caution here. No rule violation here, just one member talking to another.
This thread is right on the edge of becoming about the legal aspects of wearing military devices while in civilian attire.

This thread is not about legal rights or wrongs. A few members, myself included, have expressed our own personal preference and that is OK as long as it is understood that it is only one person's personal preference.

When we start questioning someone else's 'right' to wear military items is when it could possibly cross the line.

Let's not veer too far from the intent of the OP's original question please. He asked not if it was right, but how, to affix items to a kilt. None of us, myself included, actually answered that question.

[AFS1970]

I have never been in the military but as to how to attach the patches, I would assume them to be in the same order they would be on a sleeve. I guess it could get complicated if mixing patches that were worn on different sleeves, but there is probably some relative ordering rule out there that could serve as a rough guideline. Based on what I have seen that would put rank below unit, and if worn hash marks below rank.

While I know that the various branches of the military have their rules and most veterans do try to follow those rules or at least the spirit of them, from what I have read there is no actual jurisdiction over veterans by the military in this regard. I have come across two events in my life where somewhat strange interpretations of insignia and ribbon rules were invoked, one by a member of the military and one by a civilian who was trying to harass a veteran. Neither case ended up in any charges being filed against the veterans in question. Just a thought.