Bronze Service Medal

• Name — Bronze Service Medal • Presenter — the President • Country — South Africa • Type — Military long service medal • Eligibility — Azanian People's Liberation Army cadres • Awarded For — Ten years exemplary service • Campaign — The "struggle" • Status — Discontinued in 2003 • Established — 1996 • Precedence Label — APLA 1996 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear • Higher — * APLA precedence: • Silver Service Medal • SANDF precedence: • Medal for Long Service, Bronze • Lower — * SANDF succession: • Service Medal in Bronze • Image2 — * Illustration — x29px • Caption2 — Ribbon bar

The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) was the para-military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). It was established in 1961 to wage an armed "struggle" against the Nationalist government inside South Africa. On 27 April 1994 the Azanian People's Liberation Army was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

The Bronze Service Medal was instituted by the President of South Africa in April 1996. It is the junior award of a set of three medals for long service, along with the Gold Service Medal and the Silver Service Medal. The Azanian People's Liberation Army's military decorations and medals were modelled on those of the South African Defence Force and these three medals are the approximate equivalents of, respectively, the Good Service Medal, Gold, the Good Service Medal, Silver and the Good Service Medal, Bronze.

The position of the Bronze Service Medal 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. • Azanian People's Liberation Army: • Illustration — Silver Service Medal • Illustration — Bronze Service Medal • Official APLA order of precedence: • Preceded by the Silver Service Medal. • South African National Defence Force until 26 April 2003: • Illustration — Medal for Long Service, Bronze • Illustration — Bronze Service Medal • Illustration — Service Medal in Bronze • Official SANDF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Medal for Long Service, Bronze of the Republic of Ciskei. • Succeeded by the Service Medal in Bronze of Umkhonto we Sizwe. • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Police Medal for Faithful Service of the QwaQwa Homeland. • Succeeded by the Service Medal in Bronze of Umkhonto we Sizwe.

Conferment of the Bronze Service Medal was discontinued upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003.