# 33 CFR § 13.01-30: Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal

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## Section

- **Citation:** 33 CFR § 13.01-30
- **Heading:** Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL > PART 13—DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS AND SIMILAR DEVICES > Subpart 13.01—Gold and Silver Lifesaving Medals, Bars, and Miniatures

## 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
3/8ths 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.

## Nearby sections

- [33 CFR § 13.01-1 § 13.01-1 General.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-1.md)
- [33 CFR § 13.01-5 § 13.01-5 Gold and Silver Lifesaving Medals.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-5.md)
- [33 CFR § 13.01-10 § 13.01-10 Gold and silver bars.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-10.md)
- [33 CFR § 13.01-15 § 13.01-15 Applications and recommendations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-15.md)
- [33 CFR § 13.01-20 § 13.01-20 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-20.md)
- [33 CFR § 13.01-25 § 13.01-25 Description of Gold Lifesaving Medal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-25.md)
- [33 CFR § 13.01-30 § 13.01-30 Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-30.md)
- [33 CFR § 13.01-35 § 13.01-35 Description of gold and silver bars.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-35.md)
- [33 CFR § 13.01-40 § 13.01-40 Miniature medals and bars.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-40.md)
- [33 CFR § 13.01-45 § 13.01-45 Replacement of medals and bars.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-13.01-45.md)

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