Английская Википедия:Bronze Service Medal

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The Bronze Service Medal was instituted by the President of the Republic of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded to veteran cadres of the Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, for ten years of exemplary service.[1]

Azanian People's Liberation Army

The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) was the para-military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). It was established in 1961 to wage an armed "struggle" against the Nationalist government inside South Africa. On 27 April 1994 the Azanian People's Liberation Army was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).[1][2][3]

Institution

The Bronze Service Medal was instituted by the President of South Africa in April 1996. It is the junior award of a set of three medals for long service, along with the Gold Service Medal and the Silver Service Medal.[1][4][5]

The Azanian People's Liberation Army's military decorations and medals were modelled on those of the South African Defence Force and these three medals are the approximate equivalents of, respectively, the Good Service Medal, Gold, the Good Service Medal, Silver and the Good Service Medal, Bronze.[4]

Award criteria

The medal could be awarded to veteran cadres of the Azanian People's Liberation Army for ten years exemplary service.[1][4]

Order of wear

Шаблон:Main The position of the Bronze Service Medal in the official military and national orders of precedence was revised upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003, but it remained unchanged.[4][6]

Azanian People's Liberation Army

Silver Service Medal Bronze Service Medal

South African National Defence Force until 26 April 2003

Medal for Long Service, Bronze Bronze Service Medal Service Medal in Bronze

Description

Obverse

The Bronze Service Medal is an oval medallion with a raised edge, struck in bronze and depicting the Azanian People's Liberation Army emblem.[1][7][8]

Reverse

The reverse is smooth and displays the embellished pre-1994 South African Coat of Arms.[8]

Ribbon

The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, with an 8 millimetres wide black band and a 4 millimetres wide yellow band, repeated in reverse order and separated by an 8 millimetres wide green band in the centre.[1][7][8]

Discontinuation

Conferment of the Bronze Service Medal was discontinued upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 South African Medal Website - Liberation armies (Accessed 30 April 2015)
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ Warrant of the President of the Republic of South Africa for the Institution of the "UNITAS MEDAL-UNITAS-MEDALJE", Gazette no. 16087 dated 25 November 1994.
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 4,6 Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, Шаблон:OCLC
  5. ↑ 6,0 6,1 Presidential Warrant by the President of the Republic of South Africa for the Institution of Honours for Bravery in the South African National Defence Force, Gazette no. 25213 dated 25 July 2003.
  6. ↑ 7,0 7,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 F S MK (sic) Service Medal Шаблон:Webarchive
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