Queen's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces the Security Forces. The first King's Medal Competition in the Union of South Africa was held in 1924 and the first medal to a South African was won by G.W. Church of the 7th Infantry (Kimberley Regiment). The competition did not take place in 1926 and was interrupted from 1940 to 1947 by the Second World War. The last medal was awarded in 1961, the year that South Africa became a republic. From 1962, the British medal was replaced by the Commandant General's Medal (), which could be awarded to champions from any of the three Arms of the Service.
Service Medal in Silver veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe for twenty years service. The position of the Service Medal in Silver in the official military and national orders of precedence was revised upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003, but it remained unchanged. The Service Medal in Silver is an oval medallion with a raised edge, struck in silver and depicting the Umkhonto we Sizwe emblem. The reverse is smooth and displays the embellished with watermarks impressed below and the medal number impressed above. The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide and green, with an 8 millimetres wide