14 U.S.C. § 2740: Insignia for additional awards

Summary

No one can be given more than one Coast Guard Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, or Coast Guard Medal. If the same person later does another act that would earn the same medal again, the President can give a small emblem or insignia to wear with the medal and a matching rosette or other device.

Title 14, §2740

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No more than one Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross, or Coast Guard medal shall be issued to any one individual; but for each succeeding deed or service sufficient to justify the awarding of a Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross, or Coast Guard medal, the President may award a suitable emblem or insignia to be worn with the decoration and a corresponding rosette or other device.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

This section is supplemental to the preceding sections dealing with the award of medals and regulates the award of additional medals of the same kind. It follows the established practice in all the armed forces (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 358). 81st Congress,

House Report No. 557

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 struck out “one” before “Coast Guard medal shall” and substituted “individual” for “person”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 494 of this title as this section. 2014—Pub. L. 113–281 struck out “medal of honor,” before “Coast Guard cross,” in two places. 2010—Pub. L. 111–281 substituted “Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross,” for “distinguished service medal, distinguished flying cross,” in two places. 1956—Act Aug. 10, 1956, included the distinguished flying cross.

§2740 Insignia for Additional Awards