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The State President's Medal for Shooting was instituted by the State President of the
(Accessed 1 May 2015)
*Official BDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze.
*Bophuthatswana official national order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Medal for Faithful Service in the Prisons Service, Bronze.
;South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994:
With effect from 6 April 1952, when a new South African set of decorations and medals was instituted to replace the British awards which were used to date, the older awards continued to be worn in the same order of precedence but, with the exception of the Victoria Cross, took precedence after all South African orders, decorations and medals awarded to South Africans on or after that date.Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, Government Notice no. 1982 of 1 October 1954 – ''Order of Precedence of Orders, Decorations and Medals'', published in the Government Gazette of 1 October 1954.
*Official SANDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the President's Medal for Shooting of the Republic of Ciskei.
** Succeeded by 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 ...
in 1990, for award to champion shots.
The Bophuthatswana Defence Force
TheBophuthatswana Defence Force
The Bophuthatswana Defence Force ( af, Bophuthatswana Weermag; BDF) was established on 6 December 1977 from trainees of the South African Defence Force. It was the defence force of the Republic of Bophuthatswana, a nominally independent bantust ...
(BDF) was established upon that country's independence on 6 December 1977. The Republic of Bophuthatswana ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Bophuthatswana 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 State President's Medal for Shooting was instituted by the State President of Bophuthatswana in 1990.South African Medal Website - Legal aspects - Fount of Honour(Accessed 1 May 2015)
Award criteria
The medal could be awarded to champion shots.Order of wear
Since the State 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. ;Bophuthatswana Defence Force until 26 April 1994:
*Official BDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze.
*Bophuthatswana official national order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Medal for Faithful Service in the Prisons Service, Bronze.
;South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994:
With effect from 6 April 1952, when a new South African set of decorations and medals was instituted to replace the British awards which were used to date, the older awards continued to be worn in the same order of precedence but, with the exception of the Victoria Cross, took precedence after all South African orders, decorations and medals awarded to South Africans on or after that date.Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, Government Notice no. 1982 of 1 October 1954 – ''Order of Precedence of Orders, Decorations and Medals'', published in the Government Gazette of 1 October 1954.
*Official SANDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the President's Medal for Shooting of the Republic of Ciskei.
** Succeeded by the Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst
The ''Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst'', post-nominal letters DTD, is a South African military decoration. It was instituted in 1920 as a retrospective award for Boer officers of the 1899–1902 Second Boer War.Alexander, E.G.M., Barron, G.K.B. a ...
(DTD) of the Union of South Africa.
*Official national order of precedence:
** Preceded by the President's Medal for Shooting of the Republic of Ciskei.
** Succeeded by the George Cross
The George Cross (GC) is the highest award bestowed by the British government for non-operational gallantry or gallantry not in the presence of an enemy. In the British honours system, the George Cross, since its introduction in 1940, has been ...
(GC) of the United Kingdom.
The position of the State President's Medal for Shooting in the order of precedence remained unchanged, as it was on 27 April 1994, when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted in April 1996 for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again when a new series of military orders, decorations and medals was instituted in South Africa on 27 April 2003.
Discontinuation
Conferment of the State President's Medal for Shooting was discontinued when the Republic of Bophuthatswana ceased to exist on 27 April 1994.References
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