Mervyn Mitton Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Firstly, one does not very often see Efficiency Medals for sale on their own - usually they are attached to a WW2 Group. Secondly, the South African version is bi-lingual in English and Afrikaans and is very sought after by collectors. This one was awarded to Corporal E.J. Hammond of the SAAF (South African Air Force) I have no details of his service - or, which Branch of Service he was in. Rather then take a long time to print out the Conditions of Award for the Efficiency Medal I am going to re-produce the entry from the: Medal Yearbook 2012 edition. My thanks to the publishers and I would recommend this volume to every medal collector. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_07_2012/post-6209-0-65724400-1343665052.jpgclick to enlarge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_07_2012/post-6209-0-49026400-1343665212.jpgclick to enlarge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_07_2012/post-6209-0-71174800-1343665362.jpgclick to enlarge with acknowledgement to Medal Yearbook 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur R Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Very nice, Mervyn and, as you say, unusual to find one of these not attached to a WW2 group. A point not made in the Medal Yearbook is that whereas in the UK and elsewhere the Efficiency Medal was an army award, in South Africa it was a tri-service award. Hence, as in Cpl Hammond's case, it could be awarded to Active Citizen Force members of the air force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hoard Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Nice to see. What is also interesting is the continuation of awards, long after South Africa had become a republic and been evicted from the Commonwealth. Cheers, James H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian conyngham Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Very nice, Mervyn and, as you say, unusual to find one of these not attached to a WW2 group. A point not made in the Medal Yearbook is that whereas in the UK and elsewhere the Efficiency Medal was an army award, in South Africa it was a tri-service award. Hence, as in Cpl Hammond's case, it could be awarded to Active Citizen Force members of the air force. Arthur Rarest of all are issues to the navy, fortunately have one in a group. Figures of only 55 to 60 to the navy according to the Late Gordon Bickley. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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