African Police Medal for Meritorious Service
African Police Medal for Meritorious Service | |
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Ribbon bar of the medal | |
Type | Long service medal |
Awarded for | Acts of gallantry, meritorious, and long service |
Presented by | the British Empire |
Eligibility | Non-European members of the police forces of British African colonies |
Status | Replaced by the Colonial Police Medal and Colonial Police Long Service Medal |
Established | 14 July 1915 |
Last awarded | 1948 (Southern Rhodesia - BSAP) |
Order of Wear | |
Next (higher) | Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal[1] |
Next (lower) | Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal[1] |
Related | Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |
The African Police Medal for Meritorious Service was a medal awarded to non-European police officers in British African colonies.[2] Awarded from 1915-1938, the medal was replaced by the Colonial Police Medal and the Colonial Police Long Service Medal.[3][4]
Appearance
The African Police Medal for Meritorious Service is circular, of silver. The obverse bears a crowned and uniformed effigy of George V surrounded by the inscription GEORGIVS V REX ET IND : IMP :. The reverse depict the Tudor Crown surmounted by a crowned lion encircled by a wreath tied at the base. Surrounding the central design is the inscription FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE POLICE • AFRICA •.[5][better source needed]
The medal is suspended from a claw suspension with a ring through its ribbon. The ribbon is yellow with edges of red.
See also
References
- ^ a b "No. 56878". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 March 2003. p. 3352.
- ^ "Lot 836, 23 September 2005 | Dix Noonan Webb". Dnw.co.uk. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ Allen, Anthony (2008). "African Police Medal for Meritorious Service 1915-38". The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society. 47 (1): 12–18.
- ^ Mackay, James A.; Mussell, John W., eds. (2004). The Medal Yearbook 2004. Devon, UK: Token Publishing Limited. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-870192-62-0.
- ^ "Lot 365, 25 September 2008". Dix Noonan Webb. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
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