Good Service Medal, Gold
| Good Service Medal, Gold | |
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| Awarded by the State President and, from 1994, the President | |
| Country |
  South Africa
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| Type | Military long service medal |
| Eligibility | All ranks |
| Awarded for | 30 years of good service |
| Status | Discontinued in 2003 |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 1975 |
| SADF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear | |
| Next (higher) |
SADF precedence:
SANDF precedence:
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SADF succession:
SANDF succession:
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   Original PF, CF and Commando ribbon bars  Ribbon bar from 1993 |
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The Good Service Medal, Gold, originally named the South African Defence Force Good Service Medal, Gold, is the senior of a set of three military medals which was instituted by the Republic of South Africa on 1 July 1975. It was initially awarded to members of all elements of the South African Defence Force for thirty years of exemplary service, but was restricted to Permanent Force personnel from 1993.
The Union Defence Forces (UDF) were established in 1912 and renamed the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1958. On 27 April 1994, it was integrated with six other independent forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
The Good Service Medal, Gold was instituted by the State President in 1975 and was named the South African Defence Force Good Service Medal, Gold until 1993. The medal is the senior of a set of three military medals for long service, along with the Good Service Medal, Silver for twenty years of good service and the Good Service Medal, Bronze for ten.
The medal was initially awarded to Permanent Force, Citizen Force and Commando members of the South African Defence Force for thirty years of good service, but was restricted to Permanent Force personnel from 1993 and renamed.
The position of the Good Service Medal, Gold in the official order of precedence was revised twice after 1975 to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first upon the integration into the South African National Defence Force in 1994 and again upon the institution of a new set of awards in 2003.
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