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Service Medal in Silver
TypeMilitary long service medal
Awarded forTwenty years service
Country Service Medal in Silver South Africa
Presented bythe President of the RSA
EligibilityUmkhonto we Sizwe cadres
Campaign(s)The "struggle"
StatusDiscontinued in 2003
Established1996
Ribbon bar
MK 1996 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear
Next (higher)
MK precedence:
  • Service Medal in Gold
SANDF precedence:
  • Long Service Medal, Silver
Next (lower)
MK succession:
  • Service Medal in Bronze
SANDF succession:
  • Silver Service Medal

The Service Medal in Silver was instituted by the President of the Republic of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded to veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, for twenty years service.[1]

  1. ^ South African Medal Website - Liberation armies (Accessed 30 April 2015)

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