Honoris Crux Silver

• Name — Honoris Crux Silver • Presenter — the State President and, from 1994, the President • Country — South Africa South Africa • Type — Military decoration for bravery • Eligibility — All Ranks • Awarded For — Exceptional bravery in great danger • Campaign — 1966-1989 Border War • Status — Discontinued in 2003 • Post Nominals — HCS • Established — 1975 • Firstawarded — 1976 • Lastawarded — 1992 • Total Awarded — 27 • Precedence Label — SADF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear • Higher — * SADF precedence: • Honoris Crux (1952) • SANDF precedence: • Honoris Crux (1952) • Lower — * SADF succession: • Van Riebeeck Decoration • SANDF succession: • Van Riebeeck Decoration • 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 Silver (Silver Cross of Honour), post-nominal letters HCS, was instituted by the State President on 1 July 1975.

The position of the Honoris Crux Silver in the official order of precedence was revised twice after 1975, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first with the integration into the South African National Defence Force in 1994 and again with the institution of a new set of awards in 2003, but it remained unchanged on both occasions. • Illustration — Honoris Crux (1952) (HC) • Illustration — Honoris Crux Silver (HCS) • Illustration — Van Riebeeck Decoration (DVR) • Official SANDF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Honoris Crux (1952) (HC) of the Republic of South Africa. • Succeeded by the Van Riebeeck Decoration (DVR) of the Republic of South Africa. • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Honoris Crux (1952) (HC) of the Republic of South Africa. • Succeeded by the Van Riebeeck Decoration (DVR) of the Republic of South Africa.

Conferment of the decoration was discontinued in respect of services performed on or after 27 April 2003, when the Honoris Crux Silver was replaced by the new Nkwe ya Selefera (NS).

In respect of those recipients about whom it is available, the actions they were cited for follow below the table. • Name — Rank — HCS no. — Date of action — Unit — Service Arm • Swanepoel, Pieter Arnoldus — data-sort-value="16"|Cpl — 005 — November — 2 SAI BN — SA Army • Van Niekerk, Hermanus — data-sort-value="10"|2 Lt — 001 — November — 14 Fd Rgt — SA Army • Wannenburg, Frederick Gerhardus — data-sort-value="10"|2 Lt — 003 — December — 1 Recce Rgt — SA Army • Piccione, Kevin Bruce — data-sort-value="18"|Tpr — 006 — December — 1 SSB — SA Army • Rawlins, Vincent R. — data-sort-value="16"|Cpl — 004 — January — 3 SAI BN — SA Army • Ward, William James Harold — data-sort-value="14"|S Sgt — 002 — March — 2 Recce Rgt — SA Army • Childs, Perry James — data-sort-value="9"|Lt — 007 — March — 17 Sqn — SAAF • Meerholz, Cornelius Alwyn Johannes — data-sort-value="8"|Capt — 009 — October — 1 Recce Rgt — SA Army • Hogan, Leo Anthony — data-sort-value="18"|Rfn — 008 — November — 3 Para Bn — SA Army • Costa, Feliciano — data-sort-value="18"|Rfn — 010 — April — 32 Bn — SA Army • Breytenbach, Cornelius Noël — data-sort-value="6"|Cmdt — 011 — September — 19 Sqn — SAAF • Stannard, Richard John — data-sort-value="9"|Lt — 012 — January — 1 Recce Rgt — SA Army • Lewer, Richard Campbell McNeillie — data-sort-value="7"|Maj — 019 — August — 8 Sqn — SAAF • Botes, Christo Wilhelm — data-sort-value="15"|Sgt — 015 — December — AFB Ondangwa — SAAF • Barnes, Leslie Edward — data-sort-value="15"|Sgt — 015 — MRU — SAAF • Bantjes, Alexander Petrus — data-sort-value="16"|Cpl — 016 — March — MRU — SAAF • Hashomwenda, Dawie — data-sort-value="18"|Rfn — 017 — February — 101 Bn — SA Army • Van Zyl, Hendrik Gideon — data-sort-value="9"|Lt — 018 — February — Spec Serv HQ — SAMS • Diedericks, André HC — data-sort-value="7"|Maj — 019 — June — Spec Forces HQ — SA Army • Steyn, Jacobus Frederik — data-sort-value="7"|Maj — 025 — January — NC Command — SA Army • Roux, Anton Louis — data-sort-value="17"|L Cpl — 021 — February — 10 Med Gp — SAMS • Venter, Johannes Antonie — data-sort-value="17"|L Cpl — 102 — September — 44 Bde Mil Int — SA Army • De Gouveia, J.H. (Johnny) — data-sort-value="15"|Sgt — 023 — September — 1 Recce Rgt — SA Army • Badenhorst, Johannes Jacobus — data-sort-value="18"|Spr — 024 — April — 13 Fd Eng Regt — SA Army • Slade, Alan Mark — data-sort-value="8"|Capt — 104 — April — 22 Sqn — SAAF • Frederikson, Theodore Kurt — data-sort-value="15"|Sgt — 105 — April — 31 Sqn — SAAF • Scoular, Gary Ian — data-sort-value="16"|LS — 116 — August — Scorpion — SAN • Greeff, J.deV. (Jack) — data-sort-value="14"|S Sgt — 032 — 1 RR — SA Army Note 1: denotes a posthumous award.