Round shaped, brass colored coin 2 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C002377

Location: 14K2

Coin: Unit

U.S. Navy

Narrative

Round shaped, brass colored coin 2 inches in diameter.

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The Surgeon General of the United States Navy is the senior-most medical corps officer in the United States Navy.

On 31 August 1842, The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) became the central administrative headquarters for the Navy Medical Department.

On 3 March 1871 Congress passed legislation granting medical and other staff officers of the Navy "relative rank" with grades"equal to but not identical with the grades of the line" This Naval Appropriations Act went further than any previous Congressional action in transforming and enhancing the Navy Medical Department. The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery now had the additional title"Surgeon General," with the relative rank of "Commodore."