10 USC § 8305 - Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8305"
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title: "10 USC § 8305 - Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8305"
section_name: "Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons"
chapter_number: 837
chapter_name: "DECORATIONS AND AWARDS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6255; renumbered § 8305, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8305. Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6255; renumbered § 8305, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6255 | 34 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 , ; , , ; , , , related to promotion of officers in regular grade of lieutenant colonel to grade of colonel, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See section 619 et seq. of this title.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .