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| Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze | |
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| Type | Military long service medal |
| Country | .svg){kind=small} Bophuthatswana |
| Eligibility | All ranks |
| Status | Discontinued in 1994 |
| Established | 1982 |
| File:Ribbon BDF Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct Bronze.jpg Ribbon bar | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Good Service Medal, Bronze [1] |
| Next (lower) | Long Service Medal, Bronze [1] |
The Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze was instituted by the State President of the Republic of Bophuthatswana in 1982, for award to all ranks as a long service medal for ten years service and good conduct.[2][3]
The Bophuthatswana Defence Force
The Bophuthatswana Defence Force (BDF) was established upon that country's independence on 6 December 1977. It was organised into six military regions and the ground forces included two infantry battalions. The Bophuthatswana Air Wing was renamed to the Bophuthatswana Air Force (BAF) in late 1987, by which time it had twelve aircraft on strength. Initial training was provided by the South African Defence Force.[4][5]
The Fount of Honour for all Bophuthatswana's military decorations and medals was the State President of Bophuthatswana.[3][6]
The Republic of Bophuthatswana ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Bophuthatswana Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The seven constituent military forces were:
- The South African Defence Force (SADF).
- The Transkei Defence Force (TDF) of the Republic of Transkei.
- The Bophuthatswana Defence Force.
- The Venda Defence Force (VDF) of the Republic of Venda.
- The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) of the Republic of Ciskei.
- Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC).
- The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).[7]
Award criteria
The Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze was instituted by the State President in 1982 for award to all ranks for ten years service and good conduct.[1][2]
Order of precedence
Since the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze was authorised for wear by one of the statutory forces that came to be part of the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994, it was accorded a position in the official South African order of precedence on that date.[1]
- Bophuthatswana Defence Force until 26 April 1994
- Official BDF order of precedence:
- Preceded by the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Silver.
- Succeeded by the State President's Medal for Shooting.[1]
- Bophuthatswana official national order of precedence:
- Preceded by the Bophuthatswana Police Medal for Faithful Service.
- Succeeded by the Medal for Faithful Service in the Bophuthatswana Prisons Service, Bronze.[1]
- South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994
- Official SANDF order of precedence:
- Preceded by the Good Service Medal, Bronze.
- Succeeded by the Long Service Medal, Bronze of the Republic of Venda.[1]
- Official national order of precedence:
- Preceded by the Ciskei Police Medal for Faithul Service.
- Succeeded by the KwaZulu Police Good Service Medal.[1]
The position of the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze in the order of precedence remained unchanged, as it was on 27 April 1994, 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.[1]
Description
- Obverse
The Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze is a medallion struck in bronze, 38 millimetres in diameter and 3 millimetres thick at the rim, with a 4 millimetres wide raised rim and displaying the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Bophuthatswana. The suspender depicts the horns of the Malete (African buffalo).[8]
- Ribbon
The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide and dark yellow, with three 4 millimetres wide green bands spaced 5 millimetres apart in the centre.[2]
Discontinuation
Conferment of the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze was discontinued when the Republic of Bophuthatswana ceased to exist on 27 April 1994.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, OCLC 72827981
- ^ a b c South African Medals Website - TBVC States Defence Forces - Bophuthatswana Defence Force
- ^ a b Republic of Bophuthatswana Constitution Act, 1977
- ^ South Africa Homeland Militaries, May 1996
- ^ Peled, Alon (1998), A Question of Loyalty: Military Manpower Policy in Multiethnic States, Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 50f, ISBN 0-8014-3239-1
- ^ South African Medals Website - Legal aspects : Fount of Honour
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Uniform: SA Army: Former Forces Medals - Bophuthatswana Defence Force (BDF)