Medical Service Cross

• Name — Medical Service Cross • Presenter — the State President and, from 1994, the President • Country — South Africa South Africa • Type — Military decoration for bravery • Eligibility — South African Medical Service members • Awarded For — Exceptional courage, leadership, or skill in dangerous or critical situations • Status — Discontinued in 2003 • Post Nominals — CC • Established — 1987 • Precedence Label — SADF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear • Higher — * SADF precedence: • Navy Cross • SANDF precedence: • Navy Cross • Lower — * SADF succession: • Southern Cross Medal (1952) • SANDF succession: • Southern Cross Medal (1952) • 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 Medical Service Cross, post-nominal letters CC (Crux Curationis), was instituted by the State President in 1987.

The position of the Medical Service Cross in the official order of precedence was revised three times after 1975, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first 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 upon the institution of a new set of awards on 27 April 2003, but it remained unchanged on all three occasions. • Illustration — Navy Cross (CN) • Illustration — Medical Service Cross (CC) • Illustration — Southern Cross Medal (1952) (SM) • Official SANDF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Navy Cross (CN) of the Republic of South Africa. • Succeeded by the Southern Cross Medal (1952) (SM) of the Republic of South Africa. • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Navy Cross (CN) of the Republic of South Africa. • Succeeded by the Southern Cross Medal (1952) (SM) of the Republic of South Africa.

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