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Silver Medal for Merit
TypeMilitary decoration for merit
Awarded forExceptionally meritorious service and particular devotion to duty
Country Silver Medal for Merit South Africa
Presented bythe President
EligibilityAzanian People's Liberation Army cadres
Post-nominalsSMM
Campaign(s)The "struggle"
StatusDiscontinued in 2003
Established1996
Ribbon bar
APLA 1996 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear
Next (higher)
APLA precedence:
  • Gold Decoration for Merit
SANDF precedence:
  • Merit Medal in Silver
Next (lower)
APLA succession:
  • Bronze Medal for Merit
SANDF succession:
  • iPhrothiya yeSiliva

The Silver Medal for Merit, post-nominal letters SMM, was instituted by the President of the Republic of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded to veteran cadres of the Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, for exceptionally meritorious service and particular devotion to duty during the "struggle".[1][2]

  1. ^ South African Medal Website - Liberation armies (Accessed 30 April 2015)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PostNominals was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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