This article is about the Honoris Crux Silver. For other uses, see Honoris Crux.
Award
Honoris Crux Silver
Type
Military decoration for bravery
Awarded for
Exceptional bravery in great danger
Country
South Africa
Presented by
the State President and, from 1994, the President
Eligibility
All Ranks
Post-nominals
HCS
Campaign(s)
1966-1989 Border War
Status
Discontinued in 2003
Established
1975
First awarded
1976
Last awarded
1992
Total
27
Ribbon bar
SADF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear
Next (higher)
SADF precedence:
Honoris Crux (1952)
SANDF precedence:
Honoris Crux (1952)
Next (lower)
SADF succession:
Van Riebeeck Decoration
SANDF succession:
Van Riebeeck Decoration
The Honoris Crux Silver (Silver Cross of Honour), post-nominal letters HCS, is a military decoration for bravery which was instituted by the Republic of South Africa on 1 July 1975. It was awarded to members of the South African Defence Force for exceptional acts of bravery while in great danger. The Honoris Crux Silver was the third most senior in a set of four classes of Honoris Crux decorations, which together replaced the discontinued Honoris Crux of 1952.[1]
^South African Medal Website - Post-nominal Letters (Retrieved 28 April 2015)
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