The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. The medal may be awarded to friendly foreign military members in ranks equivalent to U.S. Pay Grade of O-6 and below, in actual combat in support operations.

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20,354 DFCs

Criteria: The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Armed Forces of the United States, distinguishes himself by heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight.

The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is our nation’s highest award for extraordinary aerial achievement. As a valor decoration, it ranks fourth in order of precedence, and is awarded to recipients for heroism while participating in an aerial flight.

Prices vary massively for campaign medals, but a British War medal, issued to any British Empire combatant, can be acquired for as little as £10. Nowadays, Second World War stars can fetch as little as £5 to £10 because these medals are not named and it is difficult to link them to the recipient.

Service veterans are entitled to receive medals in recognition of their Service if they meet the qualifying criteria. If the Service person is deceased, the immediate next of kin is entitled to receive any medals. The immediate next of kin will be the spouse – but if also deceased, it will be the eldest child.

Generally, rare medals can be worth a lot of money, and common medals won’t be worth as much. However, sometimes a common medal can sell for a lot of money if it belonged to someone of historical interest.

The Selling of Military Awards and Medals: Legality It is illegal to buy, sell, barter, or manufacture any decorations or medals authorized by Congress for the United States armed forces.

War medals and service decorations of any sort may be worn only by the person upon whom they were conferred, and in no case does the right to wear war or service medals, or their ribbons, pass to any relative when the recipient is dead.

No. You cannot sell a Purple Heart. Federal law.

The Stolen Valor Act amended Title 18 to increase the penalty for violations that involve valor medals such as the Purple Heart as well as the Medal of Honor (often called the Congressional Medal of Honor), which have always been protected and illegal to sell.

CAN I WEAR MY FAMILY MEDALS? Did you know there are rules about wearing your family war medals? The rule is that war medals should only be worn on the left breast by the person upon whom they were conferred. Technically this honour remains with the individual and does not pass to a widow, parent or relative upon death.

Autographed photos of General Eisenhower, General Patton and General MacArthur. Signed pictures of these famed generals dating to World War II can be worth thousands of dollars apiece. Autographed Patton photos can bring as much as $10,000.

“The sale harms the dignity and honor of all recipients of the Medal of Honor. The Congress and the United States have long sought to prevent such affronts, and indeed 18 U.S. Code § 704 authorizes fines and imprisonment when those sales occur within our jurisdiction,” Cruz wrote in his letter.

Medal of Honor recipients receive these benefits for life: Added to the Medal of Honor Roll. Retired pay is increased by 10%. A special Medal of Honor pension of $1,406.73 (effective date: December 1, 2020) per month above and beyond any other benefits including pensions.

Their collections are typically worth at least £215 – with values up 30 per cent over five years. The top price ever paid for a gallantry medal is £1.5 million for a Victoria Cross awarded to First World War Captain Noel Chavasse – one of only three people to have received two VCs – five years ago.

The last living individual to be awarded two Medals of Honor was John J. Kelly 3 Oct 1918; the last individual to receive two Medals of Honor for two different actions was Smedley Butler, in 1914 and 1915.

Every Medal of Honor recipient is entitled to a monthly stipend on top of all other pay or retirement benefits. This stipend was originally $10 a month in 1916 but has climbed to $1,299 per month. The recipient’s base retirement pay is also raised by 10 percent.

Perhaps the most notable two-time Medal of Honor recipients are Smedley Butler and Dan Daly, both Marines who began their careers in the late-19th century before serving in World War I. Butler received his first medal for guiding his men through a firefight during U.S. involvement in the Mexican Revolution in 1914.

Mary Edwards Walker remains the only women ever to receive the Medal of Honor, which she was awarded for her service during the Civil War.

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President Barack Obama awarded 123 medals, the most ever, followed by President Ronald Reagan with 100 medal recipients.

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Originally Answered: Can you say no to the medal of honor? Strictly speaking, a person can refuse any award they are given. There is no legal obligation to accept one, and quite a few medals of different kinds have been rejected. For political and cultural reasons, refusing a MoH award is never done.

The Nobel Prize

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1. The Nobel Prize. This prestigious award is named for Alfred Nobel, who created dynamite. The first Nobel Prize was presented in 1901, and the number of fields in which it is presented has increased to six since.

From 1974, the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulate that a Prize cannot be awarded posthumously, unless death has occurred after the announcement of the Nobel Prize.