Laws Authorizing Issuance Of Medals

Author : United States War Department
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333352493
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Medals of Honor Issued by the War Department, Up to and Including October 31, 1897 written by United States War Department and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Medals of Honor Issued by the War Department, Up to and Including October 31, 1897: With the Laws, Orders, and Regulations Relative to the Medal, the Ribbon to Be Worn With the Medal, and the Knot to Be Worn in Lieu of the Medal Under the Joint Resolution of Congress approved May 2, 1896, a medal of honor ribbon of the new pattern, and a bowknot to be worn in lieu of the medal, will be issued to any person, applying therefor, to whom the medal has heretofore been awarded. Whenever new ribbons thus issued shall have been lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect on the part of the persons to whom they were issued, other ribbons may be issued to replace them; but the Join-t Resolution 'of May 2, 1896, does not authorize a similar replacement of bowknots that may have been lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, and in no case will more than one bowknot be issued to or for any one person.any reason to doubt that such ribbon was lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.