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§51903 Multiple Awards
Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part B — Merchant Marine Service › CHAPTER 519 — MERCHANT MARINE AWARDS › § 51903
Summary
You must not receive more than one identical medal; extra awards add a device worn with it.
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Title 46, §51903
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An individual may not be awarded more than one of any type of decoration or medal under this chapter. For each succeeding act or service justifying the same decoration or medal, a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with the decoration or medal.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5190346 App.:2004(a).Pub. L. 100–324, § 5(a), May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 576.
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46 U.S.C. § 51903
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Aug 21, 2026
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