Army Cross

• Name — Army Cross • Presenter — the State President and, from 1994, the President • Country — South Africa South Africa • Type — Military decoration for bravery • Eligibility — South African Army members • Awarded For — Exceptional courage, leadership, or skill in dangerous or critical situations • Status — Discontinued in 2003 • Post Nominals — CM • Established — 1987 • Firstawarded — 1992 • Precedence Label — SADF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear • Higher — * SADF precedence: • Ad Astra Decoration • SANDF precedence: • Ad Astra Decoration • Lower — * SADF succession: • Air Force Cross • SANDF succession: • Air Force Cross • Image2 — * Illustration — x29px • Caption2 — Ribbon bar

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).

The Army Cross, post-nominal letters CM (Crux Militaria), was instituted by the State President in 1987.

The position of the Army Cross in the official order of precedence was revised three times, to accommodate the institution or addition of new decorations and medals, first upon the integration into the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994, again when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted in April 1996 for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again when a new series of military decorations and medals was instituted in South Africa on 27 April 2003, but it remained unchanged on all three occasions. • Illustration — Ad Astra Decoration (AAD) • Illustration — Army Cross (CM) • Illustration — Air Force Cross (CA) • Official SANDF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Ad Astra Decoration (AAD). • Succeeded by the Air Force Cross (CA). • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Ad Astra Decoration (AAD). • Succeeded by the Air Force Cross (CA).

Conferment of the decoration was discontinued in respect of services performed on or after 27 April 2003.

Since inclusion in the table itself is impractical, the actions cited for follow below the table. The list of recipients is not complete. • CM no. — Name — Rank — Unit — Date of action • Maritz, D.H. — data-sort-value="16"|Cpl • Smit, H.B. — data-sort-value="18"|Pte • Berkenshaw, Clive — data-sort-value="13"|WO — Cape Town Highlanders — 1990 • 20 — de Cruz, Charles — data-sort-value="13"|WO — Cape Town Highlanders — 1990 • Blake, Sean — data-sort-value="18"|Gnr — Cape Town Highlanders — 1990 • Carstensen, Riaan — data-sort-value="18"|Gnr — Cape Town Highlanders — 1990 • Evert, Pieter — data-sort-value="18"|Gnr — Cape Town Highlanders — 1990 • Fourie, Theunis — data-sort-value="9"|Lt — Stellenbosch University Military Unit • van Noordwyk, W. — data-sort-value="6"|Lt Col — 2003