The medal For rescuing drowning (Var.-2)

The medal "For rescuing drowning" (Russian Медаль «За спасение утопающих") was awarded by the former Soviet Union, which on 16 February 1957 was donated by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in one stage. By 1991, about 24,000 people have been awarded the medal. The renewal of the medal was the second Decided in March 1992. It is awarded again from this point of the Russian Federation

Stylish look and manner

The medal is made of brass, golden shimmers and has a diameter of 32 mm. It shows on their obverse the portrait of a savior who has a drowning man in tow. Rescue this symbolism is surrounded by the inscription: За спасение утопающих (For rescue drowning). The reverse of the coin, however, shows hammer and sickle over a laurel branch, and the country code inscription underneath: CCCP (USSR). It was rejected in the newer version and instead РОССИЯ (Russia).

The medal was worn on the left side of the upper chest Beliehenen on a light blue pentagonal clasp. In this tape, and a 2 mm wide white strip is centrally vertical center inwoven that finds itself on the two sides of the band in a triple weave. Their distance from one another amounts to 1 mm.