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The first South African military medal was a campaign medal, the South Africa Medal, instituted in 1854 by Queen Victoria, the sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for award to officers and men of the Royal Navy and British Army who served on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1834 and 1853 during the Xhosa Wars.
Service of a high order: Campaign medals: Pro Patria Medal: 1974–1992: Operational service in combating terrorism or in defence of South Africa: Southern Africa Medal: 1989: Service in military operations outside South Africa and South West Africa between 1976 and 1989: General Service Medal: 1992: Operational service inside South Africa from ...
The Badge is awarded by the Chief of the SANDF on the recommendation of the Chief of the Services, to whom the awarding powers of the C SANDF may be delegated. The design of the Badge is that of the Badge of the South African National Defence Force in enamel, encircled by a gilt protea wreath, the whole 30 mm in height by 25 mm in width.
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It established its own bravery awards a few years later. The Union's civil honours thus consisted of: Decoration. King's/Queen's Medal for Bravery (1939–61) Commemorative Medal. Union of South Africa Commemoration Medal (1910) War service medal. South African Medal for War Services (1945)
Official SANDF order of precedence: Preceded by the Van Riebeeck Decoration (DVR) of the Republic of South Africa. Succeeded by the Gallantry Cross, Silver of the Republic of Venda. [9] Official national order of precedence: Preceded by the King's/Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry or Distinguished Service (KPM/QPM) of the United Kingdom.
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 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 ...