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The Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3)

ORDER OF MILITARY MEDICAL MERIT MEDALLION: The President of the Order shall issue each member a certificate and an Order of Military Medical Merit Medallion. The medallion may be worn when attending U.S. Army Medical Department social occasions requiring formal attire for which the minimum required dress is Army Service Uniform with shirt and tie, or business attire. The medal is worn with the neck ribbon suspended around the neck with the ribbon worn under the shirt/blouse collar and the medal exposed. With the Dress Mess uniform the medallion is to hang approximately 2 (two) inches below the bottom of the bow tie (male) or tab (female). It is intended that the Medallion be conferred in an appropriate ceremony in conjunction with an individual's induction into the Order.

Image showing how to wear the medallion.