UNITED STATES MINT ARMED FORCES MEDALS. 2.5 oz 99.9 SILVER. Please review all the photographs and read the entire description to appreciate the beauty and value of this Medal. This design depicts, a Coast Guard, national security, Cutter at full throttle, speeding head on towards the viewer. The inscription’s “US, Coast Guard” and the Coast Guard motto “SEMPER PARATUS “(always ready) arched around the upper border The hull number, identifies the Cutter Hamilton, named for Alexander Hamilton. This design depicts two iconic symbols of the Coast Guard, a life preserver ring, and the racing stripes Mark, which is found on almost all Coast Guard craft. The racing stripes are depicted with a Heraldic hatching tradition to indicate color, with horizontal lines, indicating the color, blue and vertical lines, indicating red. The Coast Guard emblem, which is part of the racing stripe mark, is also the center. Inscribed into the life preserver ring are the Coast Guard’s core values, “HONOR”, “RESPECT”, AND “DEVOTION TO DUTY”.