CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL (parts 1 to 27) > PART 13—DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS AND SIMILAR DEVICES > SUBPART 13.01—Gold and Silver Lifesaving Medals, Bars, and Miniatures (§13.01-1 to §13.01-45) > 13.01-1—General.

13.01-1—General.

Lifesaving Medals of gold and silver, designated as the Gold Lifesaving Medal and the Silver Lifesaving Medal, respectively, may be awarded by the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, hereinafter called the Commandant, under 14 U.S.C. 500 and the regulations in this subpart to persons rescuing or endeavoring to rescue any other person from drowning, shipwreck or other peril of the water.