The Medal for Long Service, Bronze was instituted by the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to all ranks for ten years faithful service.Republic of Ciskei Constitution Act, no. 20 of 1981
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The Ciskei Defence Force

The

Ciskei Defence Force The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established during March 1981 from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force of Ciskei, a bantustan that was controlled by the apartheid regime of South Africa. The CD ...

(CDF) was established upon that country's independence on 4 December 1981. The Republic of Ciskei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Ciskei Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).Warrant of the President of the Republic of South Africa for the Institution of the "UNITAS MEDAL-UNITAS-MEDALJE", Gazette no. 16087 dated 25 November 1994.

Institution

The Medal for Long Service, Bronze was instituted by the President of Ciskei in 1988. Ciskei's military decorations and medals were modelled on those of the Republic of South Africa and the Medal for Long Service, Bronze is the approximate equivalent of the Good Service Medal, Bronze.South African Medal Website - Legal aspects - Fount of Honour
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Award criteria

The medal could be awarded to all ranks for ten years of faithful service.

Order of wear

Since the Medal for Long Service, Bronze was authorised for wear by one of the statutory forces which came to be part of the

South African National Defence Force The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The commander of the SANDF is appointed by the President of South Africa from one of the armed services. They are in turn accountable to the Minister ...

on 27 April 1994, it was accorded a position in the official South African order of precedence on that date. The position of the Medal for Long Service, Bronze in the official order of precedence was revised twice after 1994, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first in April 1996 when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted for the two former non-statutory forces, the

Azanian People's Liberation Army The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), formerly known as Poqo, was the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, an African nationalist movement in South Africa. In the Xhosa language, the word 'Poqo' means 'pure'. After attacks on ...

and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003.Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, ;Ciskei Defence Force until 26 April 1994: *Official CDF order of precedence: ** Preceded by the Independence Medal. ** Succeeded by the President's Medal for Shooting. *Ciskei official national order of precedence: ** Preceded by the Police Medal for Faithful Service. ** Succeeded by the Prisons Service Medal for Faithful Service. ;South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994: Rbn TDF Faithful Service Medal

*Official SANDF order of precedence: ** Preceded by the Faithful Service Medal of the

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. ** Succeeded by the

Queen's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces The Medal for the Best Shot in the British Army, Infantry, was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1869 and was awarded annually from 1870 to 1882 to the best shot of the Infantry of the British Army, including the Royal Engineers and the Colonial ...

of the United Kingdom. *Official national order of precedence: ** Preceded by the Faithful Service Medal of the Republic of Transkei. ** Succeeded by the Prisons Service Medal for Faithful Service of the Republic of Ciskei. ;South African National Defence Force from April 1996: Rbn TDF Faithful Service Medal

*Official SANDF order of precedence: ** Preceded by the Faithful Service Medal of the Republic of Transkei. ** Succeeded by the Bronze Service Medal of the

. *Official national order of precedence: ** Preceded by the Faithful Service Medal of the Republic of Transkei. ** Succeeded by the Prisons Service Medal for Faithful Service of the Republic of Ciskei. The position of the Medal for Long Service, Bronze in the official order of precedence remained unchanged upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003.

Description

;Obverse The Medal for Long Service, Bronze is a disk struck in bronze, 38 millimetres in diameter and 3 millimetres thick with a raised rim, displaying the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Ciskei.Uniform: SA Army: Former Forces Medals - Ciskei Defence Force (CDF)
/ref> ;Reverse The reverse is plain with a raised rim and the inscription "IMBASA YENKONZO ENDE" in three lines.
;Ribbon The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, with an 8 millimetres wide brown band and a 3 millimetres wide white band, repeated in reverse order and separated by a 10 millimetres wide blue band in the centre.

Discontinuation

Conferment of the Medal for Long Service, Bronze was discontinued when the Republic of Ciskei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994.

References

{{South African military decorations and medals Military decorations and medals of Ciskei Awards established in 1988 Awards disestablished in 1994 1988 establishments in South Africa 1994 disestablishments in South Africa