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§8306 Medal of honor: duplicate medal

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 837— - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 8306

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Medal of Honor recipients may, in writing, request one free duplicate with ribbons; the Secretary of the Navy will mark it as a duplicate or for display.

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Title 10, §8306

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A person awarded a medal of honor shall, upon written application of that person, be issued, without charge, one duplicate medal of honor with ribbons and appurtenances. Such duplicate medal of honor shall be marked, in such manner as the Secretary of the Navy may determine, as a duplicate or for display purposes only.

Legislative History

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 8306, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 516, related to promotion of officers in regular grade of colonel to grade of brigadier general, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 619 et seq. of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6256 of this title as this section.

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Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

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10 U.S.C. § 8306

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73