Talk:Lifesaving Medal

Two issues
Couple things that could use clarification/correction:
 * "The Lifesaving Medal may be awarded to any member of the U.S. military, or to a U.S. civilian" appears to be contradicted by "one of the parties involved must be a citizen of the United States or be from a vessel or aircraft owned or operated by citizens of the United States". If either the rescuer or the rescuee being American qualifies, it does not follow that the award could only be given to an American.
 * Changed to "any person" to reflect the cited reference--Nyctc7 (talk) 15:50, 12 September 2012 (UTC)


 * "The Lifesaving Medal is unique among U.S. medals because it is actually struck from precious metal" and "Most other medals are struck from inexpensive alloys" are contradictory as well. To be unique, it would need to be the only award made from precious metals.
 * Changed, as it is not unique because the Congressional Gold Medal is solid gold. However, it is unusual as it is apparently the only current decoration that is struck from solid gold (The Congressional Gold Medal is not worn, with rare exceptions).--Nyctc7 (talk) 15:34, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Who Can Recommend & Award the Medals or Certificates?
The article was quite interesting in its treatment of these awards being for both military & civilian people. However, coming at this from a military background, my question has to do with who can recommend someone (military or civilian) for the awards, and what process is used to do so (forms & approval authority)? It is also interesting to note that the Boy Scouts' Honor Medal & Medal of Merit are similarly awarded for life-saving actions, but are only approved & awarded by the National Court of Honor. 50.96.152.112 (talk) 04:12, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Merger discussion
Sounds good EricSerge. While looking at both articles, it strikes me that the two articles are referrring to the SAME award. Photographs are the same as well. One article describes it as "Congressional", the other article does not. This award is officialy known as the Gold Lifesaving Medal. (US Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard. Medals and Awards Manual. COMDTINST M1650.25D May 2008). This confusion reminds me of the "Congressional" Medal of Honor problem. You do good work mate. Best Wishes and "SEMPER PARATUS".Tjlynnjr (talk) 08:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

I propose to merge Congressional Life Saving Medal and Lifesaving Medal. Both articles are a little on the light side from a content standpoint. However, the merger of the two with copy editing will make for a stronger article. It is my belief that the most common name of the medal is Lifesaving Medal, so the merge should go that direction. EricSerge (talk) 19:43, 14 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi there. Good job on the merge. I'd just like to point out for future reference that opening two merger discussions is unnecessary. Best regards and happy editing. --Muhandes (talk) 12:04, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

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