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The British honours system became applicable to South Africa as colonial rule was established in the region during the nineteenth century. From the 1870s onwards, colonial politicians and other public figures featured in the semi-annual honours lists, and during colonial wars and the Anglo-Boer War, the colonial military forces received decorations from the British government.
The Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery was instituted in 1939 to award South African citizens for exceptional gallantry in saving life. The decoration had two grades (Gold and Silver) and had a blue ribbon with orange edges. The medal lapsed on 31 May 1961, when South Africa became a republic, albeit, outside the Commonwealth.
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The Union of South Africa was established on 31 May 1910 in terms of the South Africa Act, 1909, enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.In terms of Section 17 of the Act the command-in-chief of the naval and military forces within the Union was vested in the British monarch or in the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa as his representative.
Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of South Africa" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Citing “widespread starvation” in Gaza, South Africa on Wednesday urged the United Nations' top court to order Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn region, as part of an ongoing ...
There are other, older, pages on SA orders, decorations and medals, some with illustrations, which seem to make this one superfluous. See Evolution of the South African honours system and pages linked to it, e.g. South African military decorations, South African civil honours.