Wounds Ribbon
The ''Lint voor Wonden'' (Wound Riband, also ''Lint voor Verwonding'') is a South African military campaign award. It was instituted on 21 December 1920 as a retrospective award for Boer veteran officers and men of the 1899–1902 Second Boer War who had been wounded in action.Alexander, E.G.M., Barron, G.K.B. and Bateman, A.J. (1986). ''South African Orders, Decorations and Medals''. Human and Rousseau.Monick, S, (1988). ''South African Military Awards 1912–1987''. South African National Museum of Military History.
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Institution

The ''Lint voor Wonden'' / ''Lint voor Verwonding'', officially designated ''Lint voor Verwonding Opgedaan Gedurende de Anglo-Boere Oorlog, 1899–1902'' (Riband for Wounds Sustained During the Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902) and referred to as the ''Lint voor Wonden'' in some subsequent o ...
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Union Defence Force (South Africa)
) , headquarters = Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa , commander-in-chief = , commander-in-chief_title = Sovereign of South Africa , minister = , minister_title = , commander = , commander_title = Chief of the UDF , age = , conscription = , active = , ranked = , reserve = , deployed = , amount = , percent_GDP = , domestic_suppliers = , foreign_suppliers = , imports = , exports = , history = World War IRand RebellionWorld War IIBerlin BlockadeKorean War , ranks = South African military ranks The Union Defence Force (UDF) ( af, Unie-Verdedigingsmag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1 July 1912, when the Defence Act (No 13 of 1912) took effect, two years after the creation of the Union of South Africa, until 1957 when it was reorganised and renamed the South African Defence Force ...
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