Transkei Defence Force Medal
| Transkei Defence Force Medal | |
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| Awarded by the State President | |
| Country |
 Transkei
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| Type | Military medal for merit |
| Eligibility | All ranks |
| Status | Discontinued in 1994 |
| Statistics | |
| Established | c. 1976 |
| TDF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear | |
| Next (higher) |
TDF precedence:
SANDF precedence:
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| Next (lower) |
TDF succession:
SANDF succession:
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 Ribbon bar |
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The Transkei Defence Force Medal was instituted by the State President of the Republic of Transkei for award to all ranks as a military medal for merit.
The Transkei Defence Force (TDF) was established upon that country's independence on 26 October 1976. The Republic of Transkei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Transkei Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
The Transkei Defence Force Medal was instituted by the State President of Transkei. While the medal is known to have been instituted and awarded, no warrant has yet been traced and, as a result, the date of institution is not known.
The medal could be awarded to all ranks as an honour for military merit. The medal is considered as Transkei's approximate equivalent of South Africa's Military Merit Medal.
Since the Transkei Defence Force 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 order of precedence was revised 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.
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