How many astronauts won the Congressional Gold Medal ?
The following decorations , in one degree or another , bear similar names to the Medal of Honor , but are entirely separate awards with different criteria for issuance : Cardenas Medal of Honor : decoration of the Revenue Cutter Service , merged into the United States Coast Guard Chaplain 's Medal for Heroism : awarded posthumously for a single action to four recipients Congressional Gold Medal : the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States ( along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom ) Congressional Space Medal of Honor : intended for issuance to astronauts , but despite its name , it is not equal to the Medal of Honor Presidential Medal of Freedom : the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States ( along with the Congressional Gold Medal ) Several United States law enforcement decorations bear the name " Medal of Honor " .