| 词条 | Silver Service Medal |
| 释义 |
| name = Silver Service Medal | image = Silver Service Medal.jpg | caption = | awarded_by = the President | country = {{flag|South Africa|1994}} | type = Military long service medal | eligibility = Azanian People's Liberation Army cadres | for = Twenty years exemplary service | campaign = The "struggle" | status = Discontinued in 2003 | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = 1996 | first_award = | last_award = | total = | posthumous = | recipients = | precedence_label = APLA 1996 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear | individual = | higher = {{plainlist|APLA precedence:
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}} | related = | image2 = | caption2 = Ribbon bar }} The Silver Service Medal was instituted by the President of the Republic of South Africa in April 1996. It could be awarded to veteran cadres of the Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, for twenty years exemplary service.[1] Azanian People's Liberation ArmyThe 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] InstitutionThe Silver Service Medal was instituted by the President of South Africa in April 1996. It is the middle award of a set of three medals for long service, along with the Gold Service Medal and the Bronze Service Medal.[1][6][4] 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.[6] Award criteriaThe medal could be awarded to veteran cadres of the Azanian People's Liberation Army for twenty years exemplary service.[1] Order of wear{{main|South African military decorations order of wear#Order of wear}}The position of the Silver 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.[5][6]
Description
The Silver Service Medal is an oval medallion with a raised edge, struck in silver and depicting the Azanian People's Liberation Army emblem.[1][7][8]
The reverse is smooth and displays the embellished pre-1994 South African Coat of Arms.[8]
The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, with a 6 millimetres wide black band and a 3 millimetres wide yellow band, repeated in reverse order and separated by a 14 millimetres wide green band in the centre.[1][7] DiscontinuationConferment of the Silver Service Medal was discontinued upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003.[6] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 South African Medal Website - Liberation armies (Accessed 30 April 2015) {{South African military decorations and medals}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/manifesto-mk.html|title=Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe|publisher=African National Congress|date=16 December 1961|accessdate=2006-12-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061217090228/http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/manifesto-mk.html |archivedate=17 December 2006}} 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. ^South African Medal Website - Legal aspects - Fount of Honour (Accessed 1 May 2015) 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, {{OCLC|72827981}} 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. 7. ^1 Uniform: SA Army: Former Forces Medals - Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (APLA) 8. ^1 F S MK (sic) Service Medal {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102508/http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/150660790/F_S_MK_SERVICE_MEDAL.html |date=18 May 2015 }} 2 : Military decorations and medals of Azanian People's Liberation Army|Military decorations and medals of South Africa in order of precedence |
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