词条 | Permanent Force Good Service Medal |
释义 |
| name = Permanent Force Good Service Medal |image = Permanent Force Good Service Medal, 1961.jpg |image_size = 300px | caption = | awarded_by = the State President | country = {{flag|South Africa|1928}} | type = Military long service medal | eligibility = Permanent Force, all ranks | for = 18 years of good service | campaign = | status = Discontinued in 1975 | description = | motto = | clasps = 30 years of good service | post-nominals = | established = 1961 | first_award = 1961 | last_award = | total = | posthumous = | recipients = | precedence_label = SADF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear | individual = | higher = {{plainlist|SADF precedence:
}}{{plainlist|SANDF precedence:
}} | same = | lower = {{plainlist|SADF succession:
}}{{plainlist|SANDF succession:
}} | related = Union Medal | image2 = | caption2 = 18 Years and 30 Years service ribbon bars }} The Permanent Force Good Service Medal was instituted by the Republic of South Africa in 1961, when South Africa became a republic, to replace the Union Medal. It was awarded to Permanent Force members of the South African Defence Force for eighteen years of service and good conduct.[1][1][2] The South African militaryThe Union Defence Forces (UDF) were established in 1912 and renamed the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1958. On 27 April 1994, it was integrated with six other independent forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).[3][4][5] InstitutionThe Permanent Force Good Service Medal was instituted by the State President in 1961 when South Africa became a republic, to replace the Union Medal.[3][1][2][6] Award criteriaThe medal could be awarded to Permanent Force members of the South African Defence Force for eighteen years of good service. A clasp could be awarded after thirty years of service.[3][1][2] Order of wear{{main|South African military decorations order of wear#Order of wear}}With effect from 6 April 1952, when a new series of South African military decorations and medals was instituted to replace the hitherto used British and British Commonwealth decorations and medals, these new awards took precedence in the order of wear before all earlier British military orders, decorations and medals awarded to South Africans, with the exception of the Victoria Cross, which still took precedence before all other awards. The other older British awards continued to be worn in the order prescribed by the British Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.[7][8][16] The position of the Permanent Force Good Service Medal in the official order of precedence was revised three times after 1975, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first upon the integration into the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994, again when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted in April 1996 for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again when a new series of military orders, decorations and medals was instituted in South Africa on 27 April 2003. Its position remained unchanged upon all these occasions.[16]
Description
The Permanent Force Good Service Medal is a medallion with a scalloped edge and a raised rim, 38 millimetres in diameter and 3 millimetres thick at the rim and struck in silver, depicting the pre-1994 South African Coat of Arms. The ribbon suspender is decorated with proteas and leaves.[3][11]
The reverse is inscribed "VIR LANGDURIGE DIENS EN GOEIE GEDRAG" and "FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT" and has a raised rim and decorated ribbon suspender, similar to those on the obverse. The medals and ribbon suspenders were minted separately and soldered together. The medal number was stamped or engraved at the bottom on the rim.[3]
The clasp, awarded after thirty years of service, was struck in silver and is 32 millimetres wide, with the South African Coat of Arms embellished in the centre and with a hole at each corner to enable it to be sewn to the ribbon. When ribbons only are worn, recipients of the clasp would wear a silver button on the ribbon bar, embellished with the South African Coat of Arms.
The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, with three bands of orange, white and blue, repeated three times, the outer orange and blue bands each 4 millimetres wide and the seven inner bands all approximately 3½ millimetres wide. Orange, white and blue are the colours of the pre-1994 national flag. It is identical to the ribbon of the Union Medal.[3][11] DiscontinuationConferment of the Permanent Force Good Service Medal was discontinued in 1975, when it was replaced by a new set of three good service medals, the Good Service Medal, Gold, Good Service Medal, Silver and the Good Service Medal, Bronze.[5][9][12] References1. ^1 2 Alexander, E.G.M., Barron G.K.B. and Bateman, A.J. (1986). South African Orders, Decorations and Medals. Human and Rousseau. {{South African military decorations and medals}}2. ^1 2 Monick, S, (1988). South African Military Awards 1912-1987. South African National Museum of Military History. 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 South African Medal Website - SA Defence Force : 1952-1975 (Accessed 30 April 2015) 4. ^South African Medal Website - SA Defence Force : 1975-2003 (Accessed 30 April 2015) 5. ^1 Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 457, no. 25213, Pretoria, 25 July 2003 6. ^South African Medal Website - Legal aspects - Fount of Honour (Accessed 1 May 2015) 7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=56878|supp=y|page=3352|date=17 March 2003}} (Access date 14 April 2015) 8. ^Government Notice no. 1982 of 1 October 1954 - Order of Precedence of Orders, Decorations and Medals, published in the Government Gazette of 1 October 1954. 9. ^1 2 3 4 Republic of South Africa Government Gazette no. 15093, Pretoria, 3 September 1993 10. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, {{OCLC|72827981}} 11. ^1 SA Army - Uniform: Former Forces Medals: South African Defence Force 12. ^Republic of South Africa Government Gazette no. 26778, Pretoria, 17 September 2004 2 : Military decorations and medals of South Africa|Military decorations and medals of South Africa in order of precedence |
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