Starfleet Medal of Honor

The Starfleet Medal of Honor was an award that was given, by Starfleet, to recognize the valor and bravery in action of those officers who went "above and beyond the call of duty".

In his forty-two year career in Starfleet, James T. Kirk was the recipient of three medals of honor, one of which he gained prior to 2267. Whilst under the influence of alien spores from Omicron Ceti III, the sight of his medal of honor seemed to help create the strong emotions that allowed him to overcome the spores. (TOS episode: "Court Martial" & "This Side of Paradise"; novel: Crucible: The Fire and the Rose).

Prior to 2365, Lieutenant Commander Data was also a recipient of a medal of honor. (TNG episode: "The Measure of a Man").