Wearing an a fake award may be dishonorable but it's not a crime.
“A real silver star does mean something and a fake one means nothing. You are the one that seems to have problems seeing the difference.”
It is you who fail to understand. What experience do you have that makes you feel entitled to an opinion on the subject?
“Wearing an a fake award may be dishonorable but it’s not a crime.”
So the law is wrong.
If I were on a jury trying a case of a man beating another man to death for wearing unearned medals, I would exercise jury nullification.