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The President's Medal for Shooting was instituted by the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to champion shots.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 President's Medal for Shooting was instituted by the President of Ciskei in 1988.South African Medal Website - Legal aspects - Fount of Honour
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Award criteria

The medal was awarded to champion shots.


Order of wear

Since the President's Medal for Shooting 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.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 Medal for Long Service, Bronze. *Ciskei official national order of precedence: ** Preceded by the Prisons Service Medal for Faithful Service. ;South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994: *Official SANDF order of precedence: ** Preceded by the
National Cadet Bisley Grand Champion Medal The National Cadet Bisley Grand Champion Medal is a military medal which was instituted by the Republic of South Africa in 1987. Originally named the Cadet Corps Grand Champion Shot Medal, it was awarded to the Grand Champion of the annual Nat ...
of the
Republic of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
. ** Succeeded by the
State President's Medal for Shooting The State President's Medal for Shooting was instituted by the State President of the Republic of Bophuthatswana in 1990, for award to champion shots. The Bophuthatswana Defence Force The Bophuthatswana Defence Force (BDF) was established upo ...
of the
Republic of Bophuthatswana Bophuthatswana (, meaning "gathering of the Tswana people"), officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana ( tn, Riphaboliki ya Bophuthatswana; af, Republiek van Bophuthatswana), was a Bantustan (also known as "Homeland"; an area set aside for mem ...
. *Official national order of precedence: ** Preceded by the National Cadet Bisley Grand Champion Medal of the Republic of South Africa. ** Succeeded by the State President's Medal for Shooting of the Republic of Bophuthatswana. The position of the President's Medal for Shooting 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 and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003, but it remained unchanged on both occasions.


Description

;Obverse The President's Medal for Shooting is a medallion struck in nickel-silver, 38 millimetres in diameter and 3 millimetres thick with a raised rim, displaying two crossed military rifles within a wreath.Uniform: SA Army: Former Forces Medals - Ciskei Defence Force (CDF)
/ref> ;Reverse The reverse is plain, with a raised rim and the inscription "INKCANI EYINTSHATSHELI KUMKHOSI WOKHUSELO WE CISKEI" in five lines.
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;Ribbon The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, with a 3 millimetres wide white band, a 10 millimetres wide green band and a 2 millimetres wide white band, repeated in reverse order and separated by a 2 millimetres wide black band in the centre.


Discontinuation

Conferment of the President's Medal for Shooting 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 Military awards and decorations for marksmanship 1988 establishments in Africa 1994 disestablishments in Africa