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Revision as of 14:12, 23 May 2014
| Jack Hindon Medal | |
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| Type | Military decoration for merit |
| Country |  |
| Eligibility | Other ranks in the Commandos |
| Post-nominals | JHM |
| Status | Discontinued in 1975 |
| Established | 1970 |
 Ribbon bar | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | SADF precedence:[1]
SANDF precedence:[2]
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| Next (lower) | SADF succession:[1]
SANDF succession:[2]
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The Jack Hindon Medal, post-nominal letters JHM, is a military decoration that was instituted in the Republic of South Africa in 1970 and that was in use until 1975. It was awarded to other ranks for diligent service in the Commandos, the rural civil defence component of the South African Defence Force.[3][4][5]
The South African military
The Union Defence Forces (UDF) were established in 1912 and renamed the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1958. On 27 April 1994 it was integrated with six other independent forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).[6]
Orders, decorations and medals
In April 1952 a series of military decorations and medals was instituted, consisting of substitutes for many of the British and Commonwealth awards which had earlier been used. More decorations and medals, as well as an emblem for being mentioned in dispatches, were added between 1953 and 1970. In July 1975 the military decorations and medals of the Republic were revised. Some decorations and medals were carried over from the earlier series of 1952-1975 and new awards were instituted, followed by more between 1987 and 1991. Finally, all but one of these earlier awards were discontinued in respect of services performed on or after 27 April 2003, when a new set of nine decorations and medals was instituted to replace them.[4][6][7][8][9]
Fount of Honour
Until 1958 the top three awards were reserved for conferment by the Queen while the rest were awarded by the Governor-General, but in 1958 the Governor-General was authorised to also award the top three. In 1961 the State President became the Fount of Honour, and in 1994 the President.[6]
Award criteria for the Jack Hindon Medal
The Jack Hindon Medal, post-nominal letters JHM, was awarded to other ranks of the Commandos, the rural civil defence component of the South African Defence Force, for exceptionally diligent and outstanding service. The medal was named after Jack Hindon, an Irish-born Afrikaner hero of the Second Boer War. The use of post-nominal letters was allowed from 1993, eighteen years after the medal had been discontinued.[1][3][4][10]
Order of precedence
The position of the Jack Hindon Medal in the official order of precedence was revised twice after 1975 to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first with the integration into the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994 and again with the institution of a new set of awards on 27 April 2003, but it remained unchanged on both occasions.[1][2]
- Official SANDF order of precedence
- Preceded by the Danie Theron Medal (DTM).
- Succeeded by the Military Merit Medal (MMM).[1][2]
- Official national order of precedence
- Preceded by the Danie Theron Medal (DTM).
- Succeeded by the Military Merit Medal (MMM).[1][2]
Description
- Obverse
The Jack Hindon Medal is an oval bronze medal, to fit in a circle 38 millimetres in diameter, and depicts three Burghers raising the Vierkleur flag on top of Spioenkop after the Boer victory over British forces in 1900, during the Second Boer War.[6]
- Reverse
The reverse has the pre-1994 South African Coat of Arms.
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- Ribbon
The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide and yellow, with green bands 4½ millimetres wide on the edges and a green band 1½ millimetres wide in the centre.
Discontinuation
Conferment of the decoration was discontinued in 1975 and the Danie Theron Medal (DTM), hitherto reserved for officers, became available for all ranks in the Commandos.[3][6]
See also
- Danie Theron Medal
- South African honours system
- South African military decorations
- South African military decorations order of precedence
References
- ^ a b c d e f Republic of South Africa Government Gazette no. 15093, Pretoria, 3 September 1993
- ^ a b c d e Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, OCLC 72827981
- ^ a b c South African Medals Website - Post-nominal Letters
- ^ a b c South African Medals Website - SA Defence Force : 1975-2003
- ^ Fforde, J.P.I. & Monick, S. A guide to South African Orders, Decorations and Medals and their ribbons 1896-1985. p. 18.
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- ^ Suid-Afrikaanse militêre dekorasies: 1952-1975
- ^ Suid-Afrikaanse militêre dekorasies: 1975-2003
- ^ Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 457, no. 25213, Pretoria, 25 July 2003
- ^ Alexander, E.G.M., Barron, G.K.B. and Bateman, A.J. (1986). South African Orders, Decorations and Medals. Human and Rousseau.
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