# 33 C.F.R. § 13.01-30 (2026): Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal

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## Section

- **Citation:** 33 C.F.R. § 13.01-30 (2026)
- **Heading:** Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 33 CFR: Navigation and Navigable Waters / Chapter I: COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY / Part 13: DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS AND SIMILAR DEVICES / Subpart 13.01: Subpart 13.01—Gold and Silver Lifesaving Medals, Bars, and Miniatures / § 13.01-30: § 13.01-30   Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal.

## Text

(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
3/8
ths inches in width, composed of a
3/16
ths of an inch blue stripe, a
1/32
d of an inch white stripe, a
15/16
ths of an inch silver gray stripe, a
1/32
d of an inch white stripe, and a
3/32
ds of an inch blue stripe. The pendant is 1 and
7/16
ths inches in diameter and
3/32
ds 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.

## Nearby sections

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