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The Medal for the Rescue of the Drowning (abbreviated M.f.D.R.) is a royal decoration.
The decoration, instituted by King Frederick VI on August 12, 1812, may be awarded for “an exceptionally heroic act of rescue without fear for one’s own life; both the person providing assistance and the person in distress must have been in particularly great danger of losing their life.”
The decoration is administered by the Ministry of Justice and is awarded only rarely.
The medal is round and made of silver; in exceptional circumstances, it may be awarded in gold. The obverse was later stamped with a portrait of King Christian IX and the inscription “Christian the Ninth, King of Denmark”, while the reverse bears the words “From the jaws of danger blossom praise and honor”, surrounded by marine fauna.
Translated from the Danish Wikipedia (article), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
