A military (or police) officer wears on his person an improbably large number of medals and other decorations for their age/rank/duration of service. Forms this trope can take include... 1. * 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. 2. * An actual general who has more medals than a normal general could ever earn in a lifetime . Might be because he's a Four-Star Badass who engaged in numerous campaigns, surviving each