Section V Application for Authority to Accept and Wear Foreign Decorations and Badges to U.S. Army Personnel 9–25. Foreign decorations a. Eligibility requirements. Individual foreign decorations may be accepted if awarded in recognition of meeting the criteria, as established by the foreign government concerned, for the specific award. Only those decorations that are awarded in recognition of military activities and by the military department of the host country are authorized for acceptance and permanent wear. Individual decorations that do not meet these criteria may be authorized for acceptance but not for wear and will not be entered in the official military records of the recipient. Of particular importance are the criteria established by the military department of the host country; for example, if a particular decoration is authorized for award only to enlisted personnel of host country then badge may be accepted and worn by U.S. Army enlisted personnel. b. Awarding authority. Commanders (overseas and CONUS) serving in the rank of brigadier general or higher and colonel level commanders who exercise general court-martial authority are delegated authority to approve the acceptance, retention, and permanent wear of foreign badges listed in appendix D. This authority may be further delegated to commanders charged with custody of military personnel record files. The burden of proof rests on the individual Soldier to produce valid justification, that is, orders, citations, or other original copies of the foreign elements that awarded them the badge. Any individual foreign decoration not listed in Appendix E will be forwarded to USA HRC, ATTN: AHRC–PDO–PA, Alexandria, VA 22332–0471, for approval. c. Other awards. Individual foreign decorations presented to Army personnel that do not fall under the category 128 AR 600–8–22 • 11 December 2006 discussed in a above (for example, honorary) will be reported in accordance with AR 1–100, paragraph 6. Awards in these categories are considered gifts. They will not be authorized for wear nor entered in official military personnel records. d. Wear. AR 670–1 governs the manner of wear of foreign individual decorations.