African Police Medal for Meritorious Service

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African Police Medal for Meritorious Service
African Police Medal for Meritorious Service ribbon.png
Ribbon bar of the medal
TypeLong service medal
Awarded forActs of gallantry, meritorious, and long service
Presented bythe British Empire
EligibilityNon-European members of the police forces of British African colonies
StatusReplaced by the Colonial Police Medal and Colonial Police Long Service Medal
Established14 July 1915
Last awarded1948 (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]

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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.

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References

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  2. "Lot 836, 23 September 2005 | Dix Noonan Webb". Dnw.co.uk. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. Allen, Anthony (2008). "African Police Medal for Meritorious Service 1915-38". The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society. 47 (1): 12–18.
  4. 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.
  5. "Lot 365, 25 September 2008". Dix Noonan Webb . Retrieved 29 June 2013.