Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8306 Medal of Honor: Duplicate Medal
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 837 — DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 8306
Summary
If someone was awarded the Medal of Honor and sends a written request, they must be given one free replacement medal with its ribbons and attachments. The replacement will be marked as a duplicate or “for display only” in whatever way the Secretary of the Navy decides.
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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
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
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.
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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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8306
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102