Meritorious Conduct Medal

Last updated
Meritorious Conduct Medal
RSR Meritorious Conduct Medal ribbon.png
Ribbon of the medal
TypeMedal
Awarded forBrave and gallant conduct over and above the call of duty in a non-combatant capacity.
DescriptionBronze medal bearing a portrait of Cecil Rhodes.
EligibilityMembers of the Rhodesian police, security forces and civilians.
Post-nominalsM.C.M.
Campaign(s)Rhodesian Bush War.
Clasps Bronze clasp awarded for second award. No clasp ever awarded.
StatusAbolished in 1981.
Established1970
First awarded1970
Last awarded1979
Total93
Total awarded posthumously13
Total recipients92 + City of Umtali (now Mutare)
Precedence
Next (higher) Bronze Cross of Rhodesia
Next (lower)Rhodesia Prison Medal for Gallantry

The Meritorious Conduct Medal was a Rhodesian military decoration for brave and gallant conduct.

Contents

Institution

The award was instituted in 1970 by Presidential Warrant, the first awards being made the same year. The last awards were made in December 1979.

Medal

The medal was a medal whose obverse was identical to the relief portrait of Cecil Rhodes on the Rhodesian General Service Medal but struck in bronze rather than cupro-nickel, with a blank reverse. The ribbon was purple. RSR Meritorious Conduct Medal ribbon.png The medal was impressed in small capitals with the recipient's name on the rim, and was awarded with a case of issue and miniature medal for wear.

Recipients

A total of 93 awards of the Meritorious Conduct Medal were made, thirteen posthumously. [1] : 48–50  Notable recipients included

Recipients are entitled to the post-nominal letters M.C.M.

Zimbabwe

The Meritorious Conduct Medal was abolished in September 1981. [3] Its status as the most junior of the Republic of Zimbabwe's awards for gallantry was taken by the Bronze Cross of Zimbabwe, which is also awarded to civilians and members of the Zimbabwean armed forces and police officers, and has an identical plain purple ribbon.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Legion of Merit</span> Military award of the United States Armed Forces

The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. The decoration is issued to members of the eight uniformed services of the United States as well as to military and political figures of foreign governments.

The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military decoration presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service. Each branch of the United States Armed Forces issues its own version of the Commendation Medal, with a fifth version existing for acts of joint military service performed under the Department of Defense.

To be mentioned in dispatches describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Good Conduct Medal (United States)</span> United States military award

The Good Conduct Medal is one of the oldest military awards of the United States Armed Forces. The U.S. Navy's variant of the Good Conduct Medal was established in 1869, the Marine Corps version in 1896, the Coast Guard version in 1923, the Army version in 1941, and the Air Force version in 1963; the Air Force Good Conduct Medal was temporarily discontinued from February 2006 to February 2009, followed by its subsequent reinstatement.

The Rhodesian honours system was established at the time that Rhodesia unilaterally declared itself a republic in March 1970, when a system of military and civil decorations and awards was instituted by Presidential Warrant in November 1970.

The Legion of Merit was a Rhodesian order of merit awarded to both civilian and military recipients for service to Rhodesia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Silver Cross of Rhodesia</span> Award

The Silver Cross of Rhodesia was Rhodesia's second-highest military decoration for conspicuous gallantry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bronze Cross of Rhodesia</span> Award

The Bronze Cross of Rhodesia was a Rhodesian military decoration for gallantry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zimbabwean Independence Medal, 1980</span> Commemorative award in Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwean Independence Medal, 1980 was instituted on 17 April 1980 for award to those who were involved in the Zimbabwean independence process or commemorations in some way.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grand Cross of Valour</span> Military decoration of Rhodesia

The Grand Cross of Valour was Rhodesia's highest military decoration, awarded for conspicuous valour by members of the Security Forces in combat.

The Conspicuous Gallantry Decoration was Rhodesia's highest civil decoration and the second-highest award available to members of the armed forces. It was awarded for acts of the highest gallantry and brave conduct of an outstanding order in a non-combatant capacity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">General Service Medal (Rhodesia)</span> Award

The Rhodesia General Service Medal was the most widely awarded military medal of Rhodesia. It was awarded to members of the security forces and British South Africa Police for service on operations undertaken for the purpose of combatting terrorists or enemy incursions into Rhodesia.

The Police Decoration for Gallantry was a Rhodesian gallantry award. It was awarded for gallantry to members of the British South Africa Police, Police Support Unit, and Police Reserve.

The Police Decoration for Gallantry was a Rhodesian gallantry award. A handful were awarded for conspicuous gallantry to members of the British South Africa Police, Police Support Unit and Police Reserve.

The Independence Commemorative Decoration was a Rhodesian civil decoration awarded to persons who had rendered valuable service to Rhodesia. The award was instituted in 1970 by Presidential Warrant, the first awards being made the same year. Recipients were entitled to the post-nominal letters ICD.

The Defence Cross for Distinguished Service was a Rhodesian military decoration awarded for distinguished service to Rhodesia's armed forces.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhodesia Medal</span> Award

The Rhodesia Medal was initiated by the British Government in consultation with Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Kenya, whose forces took part in Operation AGILA. The role of the multi-national force was to keep peace between 22,000 guerrilla fighters and the Rhodesian forces during the ceasefire and run-up to the 1980 elections.

The Overseas Territories Police Medal (OTPM), known as the Colonial Police Medal (CPM) until April 2012, is a medal awarded for gallantry or distinguished service to all ranks of police forces and organised fire brigades in British Overseas Territories, and formerly in Crown Colonies and British Dependent Territories. Police officers in these areas can also be awarded the higher ranking King's Police Medal. The CPM was first awarded in 1938.

The Police Medal for Meritorious Service was a medal in the Republic of Rhodesia awarded to police officers for Meritorious Service.

The Medal for Meritorious Service was a medal awarded by the Republic of Rhodesia to civilians and military personnel.

References

  1. ↑ Saffery, David, ed. (2006). The Rhodesia Medal Roll. Chris Eason (Designer). United Kingdom: Jeppestown Press. ISBN   978-0955393600.
  2. ↑ "A rare posthumous Rhodesian Meritorious Conduct Medal pair awarded to Colour-Sergeant J. "Geordie" Wright, 'C' Squadron, Rhodesian Special Air Service Regiment". Dix Noonan Webb web site. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Zimbabwe Government Statutory Instrument No. 677 of 1981, 14 September 1981.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.