| 词条 | General Service Medal (Rhodesia) |
| 释义 |
| name = General Service Medal (Rhodesia) | image = | caption = Obverse and reverse of the medal | awarded_by = the State President | country = {{flag|Rhodesia|1964}} 1965–70) {{flag|Rhodesia|name=Republic of Rhodesia}} (1970–79) {{flag|Zimbabwe Rhodesia}} | type = Military campaign medal | eligibility = All Ranks | for = Service on operations combating terrorists or enemy incursions into Rhodesia. | campaign = Rhodesian Bush War | status = Discontinued in 1982 | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = 1968 | first_award = 1968 | last_award = | total = | posthumous = | recipients = | precedence_label = Order of Wear | individual = | higher = President's Medal for Headmen[1] | lower = Prison Service Medal[1] | same = Rhodesian District Service Medal[1] | image2 = RSR General Service Medal ribbon.png | image_size2 = 100px | caption2 = Ribbon bar of the medal }} The General Service Medal or Rhodesian General Service Medal was the most widely awarded military medal of Rhodesia. It was awarded to members of the security forces and British South Africa Police for service on operations undertaken for the purpose of combating terrorists or enemy incursions into Rhodesia. InstitutionThe medal was instituted in 1968. The medals appear to have been last issued in June 1980, although in 2002 the Zimbabwe National Army advertised their intention to dispose of 9,000 unclaimed medals, and invited recipients to claim them.[2] MedalThe medal was struck in cupro-nickel by Matthews Manufacturing of Bulawayo,[3] and bore a relief portrait of Cecil Rhodes on the obverse and the arms of Rhodesia on the reverse. The ribbon of the medal represented the British South Africa Police (central stripes of Oxford blue and old gold); the Rhodesian Army (guardsman red) and the Rhodesian Air Force (Cambridge blue). The medal was impressed in small capitals with the recipient's name, rank and service number on the rim. Recipients"Tens of thousands" of Rhodesian General Service Medals were issued.[4] Awards were not gazetted, and no full roll of recipients has ever been published. It was known familiarly as the "First Street Medal" (after the main street in the capital city) as it was so widely awarded. ZimbabweThe General Service Medal was superseded in 1982 by the Zimbabwe Service Medal,[5] which is awarded to members or former members of the armed forces of Zimbabwe on completion of ten years' service. References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=Vollaire|first1=John|title=The History of Rhodesian Honours and Awards 1890-1980|url=http://rhodesianforces.org/HonoursAwards.htm|website=The Rhodesian Forces Web Site|accessdate=24 October 2016}} 2. ^Flame Lily Foundation, 28 Jan 2002 3. ^Guide to Rhodesian General Service Medals 4. ^Rhodesia Medal Roll, p7 5. ^Zimbabwe Government Statutory Instrument Nos. 74-75 of 1982. External links
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