[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR13.01-35]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 13_DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS AND SIMILAR DEVICES--Table of 

Contents

 

  Subpart 13.01_Gold and Silver Lifesaving Medals, Bars, and Miniatures

 

Sec. 13.01-35  Description of gold and silver bars.



    (a) The bar is plain and horizontal, composed of the same metal as 

the medal previously awarded recipient, and is 1 and \5/8\ths inches 

long by \3/16\ths of an inch wide with a flowing ribbon draped over the 

left end and passing in back and appearing beneath the bar. The part of 

the ribbon showing beneath the bar bears the inscription ``Act of 

Congress, August 4, 1949'', in raised block letters. The bar and ribbon 

are in folds of a spray of laurel with the leave showing above and 

beneath.

    (b) Engraving: Before presentation, the recipient's name shall be 

inscribed on the obverse of the bar.