{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-13.01-30","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 13.01-30","heading":"-30 Description of Silver Lifesaving Medal.","body":"(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.”\n(b) Engraving: Before presentation, the recipient's name shall be inscribed inside the laurel wreath, on the reverse of the medal.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-33.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:35Z","sha256":"1b02441d44762dbff731560d80eb24a4027e392a2ad253199df834af765ce1a3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-13.01-25","next":"us/33-cfr-13.01-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}