Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8305 Commemorative or Special Medals: Facsimiles and Ribbons
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 837 — DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 8305
Summary
The Secretary of the Navy may allow naval members to wear miniature medal and ribbon replicas instead of full commemorative or special medals.
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Title 10, §8305
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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, members of the naval service may wear, in place of commemorative or special medals awarded to them, miniature facsimiles of such medals and ribbons symbolic of the awards.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 625534 U.S.C. 358a.Apr. 25, 1935, ch. 82, 49 Stat. 162. The words “members of the naval service may” are substituted for the words “That authority is hereby granted to personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps” for clarity.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 8305, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 516; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(14), 71 Stat. 388; Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(27)(E), 81 Stat. 382, related to promotion of officers in regular grade of lieutenant colonel to grade of colonel, 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 6255 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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. § 8305
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102