diff --git a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/view/PersonViewPanel.java b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/view/PersonViewPanel.java
index c073ddb140..865eb4bc47 100644
--- a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/view/PersonViewPanel.java
+++ b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/view/PersonViewPanel.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 import megamek.common.icons.Portrait;
 import megamek.common.options.IOption;
 import megamek.logging.MMLogger;
+import megamek.utilities.ImageUtilities;
 import mekhq.MHQStaticDirectoryManager;
 import mekhq.MekHQ;
 import mekhq.Utilities;
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@
 public class PersonViewPanel extends JScrollablePanel {
     private static final MMLogger logger = MMLogger.create(PersonViewPanel.class);
 
-    private static final int MAX_NUMBER_OF_RIBBON_AWARDS_PER_ROW = 4;
+    private static final int MAX_NUMBER_OF_RIBBON_AWARDS_PER_ROW = 3;
 
     private final CampaignGUI gui;
 
@@ -407,13 +408,18 @@ private Box drawRibbons() {
                 int awardTierCount = getAwardTierCount(award, maximumTiers);
 
                 String ribbonFileName = award.getRibbonFileName(awardTierCount);
+                String directory = award.getSet() + "/ribbons/";
 
-                ribbon = (Image) MHQStaticDirectoryManager.getAwardIcons()
-                                       .getItem(award.getSet() + "/ribbons/", ribbonFileName);
+                ribbon = (Image) MHQStaticDirectoryManager.getAwardIcons().getItem(directory, ribbonFileName);
                 if (ribbon == null) {
+                    logger.warn("No ribbon icon found for award: {}", directory + ribbonFileName);
                     continue;
                 }
-                ribbon = ribbon.getScaledInstance(25, 8, Image.SCALE_DEFAULT);
+
+                ImageIcon ribbonAsImageIcon = new ImageIcon(ribbon);
+                ribbonAsImageIcon = ImageUtilities.scaleImageIcon(ribbonAsImageIcon, 8, false);
+                ribbon = ribbonAsImageIcon.getImage();
+
                 ribbonLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon(ribbon));
                 ribbonLabel.setToolTipText(award.getTooltip(campaign.getCampaignOptions(), person));
                 rowRibbonsBox.add(ribbonLabel, 0);
@@ -480,23 +486,17 @@ private JPanel drawMedals() {
                 int awardTierCount = getAwardTierCount(award, maximumTiers);
 
                 String medalFileName = award.getMedalFileName(awardTierCount);
+                String directory = award.getSet() + "/medals/";
 
-                medal = (Image) MHQStaticDirectoryManager.getAwardIcons()
-                                      .getItem(award.getSet() + "/medals/", medalFileName);
+                medal = (Image) MHQStaticDirectoryManager.getAwardIcons().getItem(directory, medalFileName);
                 if (medal == null) {
+                    logger.warn("No medal icon found for award: {}", directory + medalFileName);
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                int width = medal.getWidth(null);
-                int height = medal.getHeight(null);
-
-                if (width == height) {
-                    medal = medal.getScaledInstance(40, 40, Image.SCALE_FAST);
-                } else if (width < height) {
-                    medal = medal.getScaledInstance(20, 40, Image.SCALE_FAST);
-                } else {
-                    medal = medal.getScaledInstance(40, 20, Image.SCALE_FAST);
-                }
+                ImageIcon medalAsImageIcon = new ImageIcon(medal);
+                medalAsImageIcon = ImageUtilities.scaleImageIcon(medalAsImageIcon, 40, false);
+                medal = medalAsImageIcon.getImage();
 
                 medalLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon(medal));
                 medalLabel.setToolTipText(award.getTooltip(campaign.getCampaignOptions(), person));
@@ -528,27 +528,21 @@ private JPanel drawMiscAwards() {
 
             Image misc;
             try {
-                int maximumTiers = award.getNumberOfMedalFiles();
+                int maximumTiers = award.getNumberOfMiscFiles();
                 int awardTierCount = getAwardTierCount(award, maximumTiers);
 
                 String miscFileName = award.getMiscFileName(awardTierCount);
+                String directory = award.getSet() + "/misc/";
 
-                misc = (Image) MHQStaticDirectoryManager.getAwardIcons()
-                                     .getItem(award.getSet() + "/misc/", miscFileName);
+                misc = (Image) MHQStaticDirectoryManager.getAwardIcons().getItem(directory, miscFileName);
                 if (misc == null) {
+                    logger.warn("No misc icon found for award: {}", directory + miscFileName);
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                int width = misc.getWidth(null);
-                int height = misc.getHeight(null);
-
-                if (width == height) {
-                    misc = misc.getScaledInstance(40, 40, Image.SCALE_FAST);
-                } else if (width < height) {
-                    misc = misc.getScaledInstance(20, 40, Image.SCALE_FAST);
-                } else {
-                    misc = misc.getScaledInstance(40, 20, Image.SCALE_FAST);
-                }
+                ImageIcon miscAsImageIcon = new ImageIcon(misc);
+                miscAsImageIcon = ImageUtilities.scaleImageIcon(miscAsImageIcon, 40, false);
+                misc = miscAsImageIcon.getImage();
 
                 miscLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon(misc));
                 miscLabel.setToolTipText(award.getTooltip(campaign.getCampaignOptions(), person));
diff --git a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/utilities/ImageUtilities.java b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/utilities/ImageUtilities.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2