33 CFR § 13.01-30 - Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal.

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title: "33 CFR § 13.01-30 - Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "13.01-30"
section_name: "Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "13"
part_name: "DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS AND SIMILAR DEVICES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "14 U.S.C. 503, 2744; 49 U.S.C. 1655(b); sec. 6(b)(1), 80 Stat. 938; 49 CFR 1.4 (a)(2) and (f)."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 68-134, 33 FR 18932, Dec. 19, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 13.01-30 Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal.

(a) The Silver Lifesaving Medal is 99 percent pure silver and consists of a pendant suspended by a swivel from the head of an eagle attached to a silk grogram ribbon 1 and 
3/8ths inches in width, composed of a 
3/16ths of an inch blue stripe, a 
1/32d of an inch white stripe, a 
15/16ths of an inch silver gray stripe, a 
1/32d of an inch white stripe, and a 
3/32ds of an inch blue stripe. The pendant is 1 and 
7/16ths inches in diameter and 
3/32ds of an inch in thickness. On the obverse side of the pendant there appears the figure of a woman hovering over a man struggling in heavy sea and extending to him one end of a long scarf; the whole is encircled by the words: “United States of America”, in the upper half, and “Act of Congress, August 4, 1949”, in the lower half. On the reverse there appears a laurel wreath encircled by the words: “In testimony of heroic deeds in saving life from the perils of the water.”

(b) Engraving: Before presentation, the recipient's name shall be inscribed inside the laurel wreath, on the reverse of the medal.