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Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law (§§ 101 - 2925)
Part II - PERSONNEL (§§ 501 - 1805)
Chapter 57 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS (§§ 1121 - 1135)
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| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 57 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Table Of Contents |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
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| 1121. | Legion of Merit: award. |
| 1122. | Medal for Merit: award. |
| 1123. | Right to wear badges of military societies. |
| 1124. | Cash awards for disclosures, suggestions, inventions, and scientific achievements. |
| 1125. | Recognition for accomplishments: award of trophies. |
| 1126. | Gold star lapel button: eligibility and distribution. |
| 1127. | Precedence of the award of the Purple Heart. |
| 1128. | Prisoner-of-war medal: issue. |
| 1129. | Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in action by friendly fire. |
| 1130. | Consideration of proposals for decorations not previously submitted in timely fashion: procedures for review. |
| 1131. | Purple Heart: limitation to members of the armed forces. |
| 1132. | Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies. |
| 1133. | Bronze Star: limitation on persons eligible to receive. |
| 1134. | Medal of honor: award to individual interred in Tomb of the Unknowns as representative of casualties of a war. |
| 1135. | Replacement of military decorations. |
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