Pro Patria Medal + Ribbon Bar (South Africa) #71370
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Pro Patria Medal
+ Ribbon Bar with Box
The Pro Patria Medal was instituted in 1974 and could be awarded to serving members of all ranks of the South African Defence Force. The conditions for award stipulated that the recipient had to have:
- been involved in combat or a skirmish or combat situation or an incident caused by enemy activities, or
- participated in a specific operation acknowledged by the Minister of Defence, or
- served for a continuous period of 55 days or non-continuous for 90 days in an operational area as designated by the Minister of Defence.
The wording on the certificate of award reads that the Pro Patria Medal was awarded for service in the defence of the Republic or for the prevention or suppression of terrorism.
Description
- Obverse
The Pro Patria Medal is an octagonal medallion struck in bronze and gilted, to fit in a circle 38 millimetres in diameter and 3 millimetres thick at the centre, with a golden aloe emblem in the centre on a blue roundel, 22 millimetres in diameter.
Reverse
- The pre-1994 South African Coat of Arms is on the reverse, with the medal number stamped underneath.
- Later version with fixed suspender
- Ribbon
The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide with a 3 millimetres wide orange band, a 1½ millimetres wide white band, a 5 millimetres wide orange band and a 6 millimetres wide dark blue band, repeated in reverse order and separated by a 1 millimetre wide orange band in the centre.
The early medals and ribbon suspenders were minted separately and attached to each other with rings that enabled the medal to swing. On the original medal the roundel on the obverse was also minted separately. The earliest version of the medal was minted by the South African Mint, but from c. 1980 further production of the medal was put out to tender by private enterprises. As a result several versions appeared, nearly all minted with the ribbon suspender as an integral part of the medal and some still with a separately minted roundel, some without the gilting, and some minted with both the ribbon suspender and the roundel as an integral part of the medal.
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