Mervyn Mitton Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 With the slight problem we are having on adding to posts I have made these two awards as a separate one from the previous Gold Award with neckband - the highest. The Gold Award and the Silver Award ranked as numbers two and three for the South African Police. The original awards dated from 1963 - however, these smaller versions came into use in 1989 and were taken out of service in 1994 when the Government changed. Only 5 of the Gold ones were presented - one of them postumously. I don't know how many silver were awarded - perhaps a member will be able to help ? These are original - probably both in precious metal - however, they were not used for presentation, so, have no identification number. To have the pair together makes them very rare. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2012/post-6209-0-40374300-1339509134.jpgCLICK TO ENLARGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 GOLD - front and back http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2012/post-6209-0-05529700-1339509314.jpgCLICK TO ENLARGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mervyn Mitton Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 SILVER - front and rear http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2012/post-6209-0-14630000-1339509822.jpgCLICK TO ENLARGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mervyn Mitton Posted June 15, 2012 Author Share Posted June 15, 2012 This shows all three SAP Awards for bravery together. The one with neckband is the original 1963 size. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2012/post-6209-0-29747700-1339768813.jpgCLICK TO ENLARGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur R Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Very nice, Mervyn - the neck badge and the chest decorations look good together. There was also a third class chest version, in "lower grade silver", with three white stripes each side of the gold stripe on the ribbon. I don't have complete figures, but from annual reports up to the end of 1993, the three classes of the 1989 (chest) version had been awarded as follows: ~ Gold (for outstanding bravery in extremely dangerous circumstances) : 4 ~ Silver (for exceptional bravery in very dangerous circumstances) : 9 ~ Lower-grade silver (for bravery in dangerous circumstances) : 57. A total of 70 awards in the space of four years -- but they were not peaceful years in SA, which no doubt helps to account for this high total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 Arthur - thankyou for those interesting numbers. I am actually surprised that they were handed out so sparingly - as you say, they were troubled years and the Police were in the thick of the problems. Your help and input is always appreciated. Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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