Honoris Crux Gold

• Name — Honoris Crux Gold • Presenter — the State President • Country — South Africa • Type — Military decoration for bravery • Eligibility — All Ranks • Awarded For — Outstanding bravery in extreme danger • Campaign — 1966-1989 Border War • Status — Discontinued in 1992 • Post Nominals — HCG • Established — 1975 • Firstawarded — 1975 • Lastawarded — 1991 • Total Awarded — 5 and 1 Bar • Precedence Label — SADF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear • Higher — * SADF precedence: • Castle of Good Hope Decoration • SANDF precedence: • Victoria Cross • Lower — * SADF succession: • Star of South Africa, Gold • SANDF succession: • Gold Star for Bravery • 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 Honoris Crux Gold (Gold Cross of Honour), post-nominal letters HCG, was instituted by the State President on 1 July 1975.

The position of the Honoris Crux Gold in the official order of precedence was revised four times after 1975 to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first with the discontinuation of the Honoris Crux Diamond (HCD) on 3 September 1993, then upon the integration into the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994, again in April 1996 when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and finally with the institution of a new set of awards on 27 April 2003. • South African Defence Force until 3 September 1993: • Illustration — Honoris Crux Diamond (HCD) • Illustration — Honoris Crux Gold (HCG) • Illustration — Star of South Africa, Gold (SSA) • Official SADF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Honoris Crux Diamond (HCD). • Succeeded by the Star of South Africa, Gold (SSA). • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Honoris Crux Diamond (HCD). • Succeeded by the Woltemade Decoration for Bravery, Gold. • South African Defence Force until 26 April 1994: • Illustration — Castle of Good Hope Decoration (CGH) • Illustration — Honoris Crux Gold (HCG) • Illustration — Star of South Africa, Gold (SSA) • Official SADF order of precedence, after the Honoris Crux Diamond (HCD) had been officially discontinued: • Preceded by the Castle of Good Hope Decoration (CGH). • Succeeded by the Star of South Africa, Gold (SSA). • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Castle of Good Hope Decoration (CGH). • Succeeded by the Woltemade Decoration for Bravery, Gold. • South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994: • Illustration — Victoria Cross (VC) • Illustration — Honoris Crux Gold (HCG) • Illustration — Star of South Africa, Gold (SSA) • Official SANDF order of precedence, after the Castle of Good Hope Decoration (CGH) had been officially discontinued: • Preceded by the Victoria Cross (VC) of the United Kingdom. • Succeeded by the Star of South Africa, Gold (SSA) of the Republic of South Africa. • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Victoria Cross (VC) of the United Kingdom. • Succeeded by the Woltemade Decoration for Bravery, Gold of the Republic of South Africa. • South African National Defence Force from April 1996: • Illustration — Victoria Cross (VC) • Illustration — Honoris Crux Gold (HCG) • Illustration — Gold Star for Bravery (GSB) • Official SANDF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Victoria Cross (VC) of the United Kingdom. • Succeeded by the Gold Star for Bravery (GSB) of the Azanian People's Liberation Army. • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Victoria Cross (VC) of the United Kingdom. • Succeeded by the Woltemade Decoration for Bravery, Gold of the Republic of South Africa. • South African National Defence Force from 27 April 2003: • Illustration — Victoria Cross (VC) • Illustration — Honoris Crux Gold (HCG) • Illustration — Gold Star for Bravery (GSB) • Official SANDF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Victoria Cross (VC) of the United Kingdom. • Succeeded by the Gold Star for Bravery (GSB) of the Azanian People's Liberation Army. • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Order of Mapungubwe, Platinum (OMP) of the Republic of South Africa. • Succeeded by the Woltemade Decoration for Bravery, Gold of the Republic of South Africa.

Conferment of the decoration was discontinued in 1992.

Since inclusion in the table itself is impractical, the actions cited for follow below the table. • Name — Rank — NS no. — Date of action — Unit — Service Arm — Photo • De Wet, Christoffel Hendrik — data-sort-value="10"|2 Lt — 001 — 2nd Fd Eng Rgt, SAEC — SA Army • Wessels, David Eric — data-sort-value="10"|2 Lt — 002 — 2nd Fd Eng Rgt, SAEC — SA Army • Fernando, Gabriel — data-sort-value="16"|Cpl — 003 — 5 Recce Rgt, SAIC — SA Army • Walker, Arthur — data-sort-value="9"|Lt — 004 — AFB Ondangwa — SAAF • Walker, Arthur HCG — data-sort-value="8"|Capt — Bar to HCG — AFB Ondangwa — SAAF • Whiley, Paul Burger — data-sort-value="16"|AB — 028 — SAS Scorpion — SAN • Illustration — Major Arthur Walker HCG and Bar SM: