Victory Medal (South Africa)

Victory Medal (South Africa)
TypeMilitary Campaign medal
Awarded forCampaign service
CountrySouth Africa Union of South Africa
Presented bythe Monarch of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India
EligibilitySouth African forces
Campaign(s)First World War, 1914–1919
ClaspsNone
Established1919
First awarded1919
TotalApproximately 75,000
Ribbon bars without and with MID emblem
South African order of wear
Next (higher) Mercantile Marine War Medal
Next (lower) 1939-1945 Star
Related Victory Medal (United Kingdom)

The Victory Medal (South Africa) is the Union of South Africa's version of the Victory Medal (United Kingdom), a First World War campaign medal of Britain and her colonies and dominions. The medal, never awarded singly, was awarded to all those South Africans who were awarded the 1914–15 Star or the British War Medal.[1]