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# 10 U.S.C. § 8305 - Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons
## Text
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.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6255; renumbered § 8305, Pub. L. 115232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)
## Notes
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 ProvisionsA prior section 8305, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 516; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85155, title III, § 301(14), 71 Stat. 388; Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90130, § 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. 96513, title II, § 204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 619 et seq. of this title.
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115232 renumbered section 6255 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.