The African Distinguished Conduct Medal was a military decoration awarded to native soldiers of the Royal West African Frontier Force and the King's African Rifles for gallantry in action. Sometimes known as the Royal West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal or King's African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, it could also be awarded to the Somaliland Camel Corps and the Nyasaland Regiment.[1]
From, the 1870s, a number of awards of the Imperial Distinguished Conduct Medal were made to soldiers of native African regiments, before the creation of the African Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1903.[3]
The African Distinguished Conduct Medal was a circular silver disc, Шаблон:Convert in diameter, with the following design:[2] Obverse: the effigy of the reigning sovereign. Reverse: the inscription in four lines FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE FIELD. Around the top edge was inscribed either KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES, WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE, or ROYAL WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE (after 1928). Ribbon: Шаблон:Convert wide, it is dark blue with a central green stripe, flanked by crimson stripes. Naming: the recipient's name and details were engraved or impressed on the rim.
