Service Medal in Gold

Service Medal in Gold
TypeMilitary long service medal
Awarded forThirty years exemplary service
Country  South Africa
Presented bythe President
EligibilityUmkhonto we Sizwe cadres
Campaign(s)The "struggle"
StatusDiscontinued in 2003
Established1996
Ribbon bar
MK 1996 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear
Next (higher)
SANDF precedence:
Next (lower)
MK succession:

The Service Medal in Gold was instituted by the President of the Republic of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded to veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, for thirty years exemplary service.[1]