The shape of the medal and what its field carries
What the document says“The medal of sacrifice for law enforcement officers and first responders shall be a modified quatrefoil, with rounded lobes extending from a central octagon. The field incorporates features of the Great Seal of the United States, redesigned by Tiffany & Co in 1885.”
Subsection (d) sets the design of the medal in the statute. The Commission and the agencies are given no say in its shape. The opening sentences set the shape, a modified quatrefoil with rounded lobes around a central octagon, and say the field takes features from the Great Seal of the United States as redesigned by Tiffany & Co in 1885. The heraldic terms the subsection uses are quoted, not explained.
What the document actually says“The medal of sacrifice for law enforcement officers and first responders shall be a modified quatrefoil, with rounded lobes extending from a central octagon. The field incorporates features of the Great Seal of the United States, redesigned by Tiffany & Co in 1885.”
The medal has four rounded lobes around an eight sided center. The face of it borrows from the Great Seal of the country.
The law spells out the look of the medal itself. Most of the words it uses come from the old art of coats of arms. This site quotes those words rather than telling you what each one means.
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