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Fig. 1: LifSav-AH3-Front

Cloth: Heavyweight tan right twill
Embroidery: Silk continuous
Border: Clockwise, round & dense

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Fig. 2: LifSav-AH3-Magnified

Design: All white thick buoy, thick ropes, cross straps on sides, top & bottom

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Fig. 3: LifSav-AH3-Reverse

Back: Brown imprint

Item Name: Life Saving 1913 - 1921

Item ID: LifSav-AH3

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements August 1911 until October 1914

1. Be able to dive into from seven to ten feet of water and bring from bottom to surface a loose bag of sand weighing five pounds.

2. Be able to swim two hundred yards, one hundred yards on back without using the hands, and one hundred yards any other stroke.

3. Swim fifty yards with clothes on (shirt, long trousers, and shoes as minimum).

4. Demonstrate (a) on land - five methods of release; (b) in the water - two methods of release; (c) the Schaefer method of resuscitation (prone pressure).

Requirements October 1914 until February 1922

1. Go down from the surface of the water at least seven feet deep and bring up an object twelve inches or more in diameter, weighing not less than ten pounds.

2. Swim twenty yards carrying a person of his own weight:

(a) By a two-hand carry, using feet only for propulsion;

(b) By a one-arm carry, using side stroke.

3. Dressed in trousers, coat, and shoes swim fifty yards, and undress before reaching shore.

4. In deep water, demonstrate three approved methods of releasing death drip.

5. Demonstrate Schaefer (prone pressure) method of resuscitation.

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