Apples and oranges. Star Wars and Star Trek are fictional characters. Everyone knows that Civil or Revolutionary War reenactors are playing pretend and that none are trying to claim they are the real thing.
You missed my point. I was refuting the contention of the poster that:
“The wearer would not go to the trouble of buying and wearing medals not earned if they did not expect something in return.”
As people go to the trouble of buying and wearing all manner of outfits, for various reasons, when they do not expect anything in return, that statement made a conclusion that wasn’t logically supported.