Long Service Medal, Bronze
| Long Service Medal, Bronze | |
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| Awarded by the President | |
| Country |
 Venda
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| Type | Military long service medal |
| Eligibility | All Ranks |
| Awarded for | Ten years exemplary service |
| Status | Discontinued in 1994 |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 1985 |
| VDF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear | |
| Next (higher) |
VDF precedence:
SANDF precedence:
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| Next (lower) |
SANDF succession:
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 Ribbon bar |
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The Long Service Medal, Bronze was instituted by the President of the Republic of Venda in 1985, for award to all ranks for ten years exemplary service.
The 900 member Venda Defence Force (VDF) was established upon that country's independence on 13 September 1979. The Republic of Venda ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Venda Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
The Long Service Medal, Bronze was instituted by the President of Venda in 1985. It is the junior award of a set of three medals for long service, along with the Long Service Medal, Gold and the Long Service Medal, Silver.
Venda's military decorations and medals were modelled on those of the Republic of South Africa and these three medals are the approximate equivalents of, respectively, the Good Service Medal, Gold, the Good Service Medal, Silver and the Good Service Medal, Bronze.
The medal could be awarded to all ranks for ten years of exemplary service.
Since the Long Service Medal, Bronze 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.
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