.sub-nav { position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 90; background: rgba(19,19,17,.96); backdrop-filter: blur(6px); border-bottom: 5px solid var(--bronze-3); }
.sub-nav .wrap { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 10px 22px; padding-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 12px; }
.sub-nav .brand { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; text-decoration: none; flex: none; }
.sub-nav nav { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 4px 6px; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: flex-end; }
.sub-nav nav a { font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 14px; color: var(--brass); text-decoration: none; padding: 12px 14px; border-radius: 4px; min-height: 44px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; }
.sub-nav nav a:hover { color: var(--parchment); }
.sub-nav nav a[aria-current="page"] { color: #131311; background: #d9b45a; }
.sub-nav nav a.cta { border: 1px solid #c9452f; color: var(--parchment); }
@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .sub-nav .brand span { display: none; }
  .sub-nav .wrap { padding-left: 14px; padding-right: 14px; }
  .sub-nav nav { flex-wrap: nowrap; overflow-x: auto; justify-content: flex-start; scrollbar-width: none; width: 100%; }
  .sub-nav nav::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
  .sub-nav nav a { flex: none; font-size: 12.5px; padding: 12px 12px; white-space: nowrap; }
}

/* Victoria Cross drop-down: The eleven VC winners / Most decorated */
.nav-dd { position: relative; display: inline-flex; }
.nav-dd > a::after { content: "\25BE"; margin-left: 7px; font-size: 11px; }
.dd-menu { position: absolute; top: 100%; left: 0; min-width: 250px; display: none; flex-direction: column; background: #131311; border: 1px solid #6b573a; border-top: 3px solid #d9b45a; z-index: 120; box-shadow: 0 16px 36px rgba(0,0,0,.6); }
.nav-dd:hover .dd-menu, .nav-dd:focus-within .dd-menu { display: flex; }
.sub-nav nav .dd-menu a { padding: 14px 16px; border-radius: 0; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: 1px solid #2a2418; }
.sub-nav nav .dd-menu a:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.dd-menu a[aria-current="page"] { color: #131311; background: #d9b45a; }
@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .nav-dd { display: contents; }
  .nav-dd > a::after { content: none; }
  .dd-menu { display: contents !important; position: static; }
  .dd-menu a:first-child { display: none !important; }
}
.dd-right .dd-menu { left: auto; right: 0; }

/* Nav: heavier labels, still readable on mobile */
.sub-nav nav a { font-weight: 800; }
@media (max-width: 720px) { .sub-nav nav a { font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: .08em; font-size: 13px; } }

/* Nav labels on one line */
.sub-nav nav > a, .sub-nav nav > .nav-dd > a { white-space: nowrap; }