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The following decorations and medals are excluded from the table: [2] Civil, police, prisons and other non-military decorations and medals. Military decorations which, while officially instituted, were never awarded and now never will be. These include: The Castle of Good Hope Decoration (CGH) (South Africa). The Honoris Crux Diamond (HCD ...
British decorations for gallantry and distinguished service were awarded during World War I and World War II, and the South African government granted the other categories of award. They were: Decoration. Distinguished Conduct Medal (1914–40) Campaign medals. Victory Medal (1919) Africa Service Medal (1943) Long service medals
South African Civil Awards 1910–1990. South African National Museum of Military History. Monick, Stanley (1988). Awards of the South African Uniformed Public Services, 1922-1987: The South African Police, South African Railways Police, South African Prisons Service. South African National Museum of Military History. ISBN 978-0-620-12747-9.
The position of the Military Merit Medal in the official order of precedence was revised four times after 1975, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first when its status was raised from an award by the Chief of the Defence Force to a decoration by the State President, again upon the integration into the ...
The position of the Southern Africa Medal in the order of precedence was revised three times after 1987, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first upon the integration into the South African National Defence Force in 1994, again in April 1996, when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted for the ...
The Good Service Medal, Bronze, originally named the South African Defence Force Good Service Medal, Bronze, is the junior of a set of three South African military medals which was instituted by the Republic on 1 July 1975. It was awarded to members of all elements of the South African Defence Force for ten years of exemplary service, but was ...
The General Service Medal is a military campaign medal which was instituted by the Republic of South Africa in 1987. It could be awarded to members of the South African Defence Force from 1 January 1983, for operational service inside South Africa in the prevention or suppression of terrorism or internal disorder, or the preservation of life, health or property, or the maintenance of essential ...
The Jack Hindon Medal, post-nominal letters JHM, is a South African military decoration which was instituted in the Republic of South Africa in 1970 and which was only in use until 1975. It was awarded to other ranks for diligent service in the Commandos, the rural defence component of the South African Defence Force.