Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal
| Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal | |
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| Awarded by the President | |
| Country |
 Ciskei
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| Type | Military medal for merit |
| Eligibility | All Ranks |
| Awarded for | Service commended by the Chief of the Ciskei Defence Force |
| Status | Discontinued in 1994 |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 1992 |
| CDF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear | |
| Next (higher) |
CDF precedence:
SANDF precedence:
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| Next (lower) |
CDF succession:
SANDF succession:
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The Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal was instituted by the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1992, for award to all ranks for service commended by the Chief of the Ciskei Defence Force.
The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established upon that country's independence on 4 December 1981. The Republic of Ciskei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Ciskei Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
The Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal was instituted by the President of Ciskei in 1992. It is the junior award of a set of three decorations for merit, along with the Sandile Decoration and the Sandile Medal.
Ciskei's military decorations and medals were modelled on those of the Republic of South Africa and these three decorations are the approximate equivalents of, respectively, the Southern Cross Decoration and Pro Merito Decoration, the Southern Cross Medal (1975) and Pro Merito Medal (1975), and the Military Merit Medal.
The medal could be awarded to all ranks for service commended by the Chief of the Ciskei Defence Force.
Since the Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal was authorised for wear by one of the statutory forces which 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. The position of the Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal in the official order of precedence was revised twice after 1994, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first in April 1996 when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003.
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