Template:Ribbon devices/doc/sandbox


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, gold "V", Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia, and Operational Distinguishing Device. Variables are as follows:

Variable Description Values Default value
number Number of multi-award devices to show (not including "other" devices). Use 0 to show just the ribbon, optionally with an "other device". 023 0
type Type of multi-award device(s) to show. For any other or missing value, oak clusters are shown. award-star, service-star
branch Service branch. If nmc, use Navy- / Marines-style arrangement of devices. For any other or missing value, Army- / Air Force-style arrangement is used. nmc
other_device Other device to show (default is none) 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.
alt Alt text for ribbon image. The default alt text is derived from |name= using the lookup table in {{ribbon devices/alt}}.
width Width of ribbon image to display, in pixels 106, 80, 60 106
Examples
V
Silver oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Width-44 scarlet ribbon with width-4 ultramarine blue stripe at center, surrounded by width-1 white stripes. Width-1 white stripes are at the edges.
{{ribbon devices|number=6|type=oak|other_device=v|name=Bronze Star ribbon|width=106}}
V
Silver oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Width-44 scarlet ribbon with width-4 ultramarine blue stripe at center, surrounded by width-1 white stripes. Width-1 white stripes are at the edges.
{{ribbon devices|number=6|type=oak|branch=nmc|other_device=v|name=Bronze Star ribbon|width=106}}
V
Silver oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Width-44 scarlet ribbon with width-4 ultramarine blue stripe at center, surrounded by width-1 white stripes. Width-1 white stripes are at the edges.
{{ribbon devices|number=8|type=oak|other_device=v|name=Bronze Star ribbon|width=106}}
Silver star
Gold star
Width-44 crimson ribbon with two width-8 white stripes at distance 4 from the edges.
{{ribbon devices|number=6|type=award-star|name=Meritorious Service ribbon|width=106}}
Arrowhead
Silver star
Bronze star
Bronze star
Width-44 yellow ribbon with central width-4 Old Glory blue-white-scarlet stripe. At distance 6 from the edges are width-6 white-scarlet-white stripes.
{{ribbon devices|number=7|type=service-star|other_device=arrowhead|name=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon|width=106}}
Bronze eagle atop globe covering anchor
{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=fmf|name=Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary ribbon|width=106}}
V
{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=nv|name=Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary ribbon|width=106}}
Silver block letter O
{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=odd|name=Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary ribbon|width=106}}

Subtemplates edit

This template makes use of some subtemplates, which are not intended to be used as standalone templates. They are: {{RDDL/sandbox}}, {{RDDT/sandbox}}, {{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}}.