MIL-DTL-3943-20 Decoration, Gold Life-Saving Medal And Bar, Coast Guard

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MIL-DTL-3943/20E

3. The suspension bar ring shall be fabricated from 0.050 inch + 0.002 inch nominal

diameter wire for Dash No. -1 and 0.032 inch + 0.002 inch nominal diameter wire for Dash

No. -3. The rings shall be gold soldered to the vertical center line of the suspension bar

5/32 inch + 1/64 inch above the tip of the eagle's beak for Dash No. -1 and 5/64 inch + 1/64

inch for Dash No. -3.

4. The swivel eye ring shall be fabricated from 0.044 inch + 0.002 inch nominal diameter

wire for Dash No. -1 and 0.030 inch + 0.002 inch nominal diameter wire for Dash No. -3.

The rings shall be swaged in the swivel device.

5. The swivel device shall be gold soldered to the top of the pendant.

6. The ribbon attachment bar shall conform to Type III Ribbon Bar as shown on TIOH

Drawing 4-4-86.

7. The pin and catch attaching device for Dash Nos. -2 and -4 shall be located on and

soldered to the horizontal center line equidistant from each side. The attaching device

shall be 1-5/8 inch + 1/64 inch for Dash No. -2 and 13/16 inch + 1/64 inch for Dash No. -4.

8. Decoration set shall consist of a regular size medal and bar, a service ribbon and a

lapel button all packaged in a presentation case conforming to MIL-DTL-14633, Type VIII,

Style 6 with a Class 1, 1A or 3 pad.

9. The ribbon for the pendant drape and service ribbon shall conform to

MIL-DTL-11589/66.

10. The lapel button shall conform to MIL-DTL-11484/7.

CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE: Marginal notations are not used in this revision to

identify changes with respect to the previous issue due to the extent of the changes.

Custodians:

Preparing activity:

Army - IH

Navy � NU

(Project No. 8455-2007-160)

Review activities:

Coast Guard - CG

DLA - CT

NOTE: The activities listed above were interested in this document as of the date of this

document. Since organizations and responsibilities can change, you should verify the

currency of the information above using the ASSIST Online database at

https://assist.daps.dla.mil.

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