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Military Merit Medal: MMM: 1974–2003: 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
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.
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is the name of the present-day armed forces of South Africa. The military as it exists today was created in 1994, following South Africa's first post-apartheid national elections and the adoption of a new constitution.
The Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, as a self-governing Dominion in the British Empire.A medal was issued to commemorate the event. As a Dominion, the Union came under the British honours system, and South Africans featured in the semi-annual British honours lists.
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.
Pages in category "Military decorations and medals of South Africa" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence Force was officially succeeded by the SADF, which was established by the Defence Act (No. 44) of 1957.
The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Service. The Army is commanded by the Chief of the Army, who is subordinate to the Chief of the SANDF.