African Police Medal for Meritorious Service

Award

African Police Medal for Meritorious Service
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
Next (lower)	Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal
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. Awarded from 1915-1938, the medal was replaced by the Colonial Police Medal and the Colonial Police Long Service Medal.

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 •.

The medal is suspended from a claw suspension with a ring through its ribbon. The ribbon is yellow with edges of red.

References

^ "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.

External links

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