Transkei Defence Force Medal

• Name — Transkei Defence Force Medal • Presenter — the State President • Country — Transkei • Type — Military medal for merit • Eligibility — All ranks • Status — Discontinued in 1994 • Established — c. 1976 • Precedence Label — TDF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear • Higher — * TDF precedence: • Cross for Bravery • SANDF precedence: • Marumo Medal, Class II • Lower — * TDF succession: • Independence Medal • SANDF succession: • Bronze Medal for Merit • Image2 — * Illustration — x29px • Caption2 — Ribbon bar

The Transkei Defence Force (TDF) was established upon that country's independence on 26 October 1976. The Republic of Transkei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Transkei Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

The Transkei Defence Force Medal was instituted by the State President of Transkei. While the medal is known to have been instituted and awarded, no warrant has yet been traced and, as a result, the date of institution is not known.

Since the Transkei Defence Force Medal was authorised for wear by one of the statutory forces which came to be part of the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994, it was accorded a position in the official South African order of precedence on that date. The order of precedence was revised 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. • Transkei Defence Force until 26 April 1994: • Illustration — Cross for Bravery • Illustration — Defence Force Medal • Illustration — Independence Medal • Official TDF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Cross for Bravery. • Succeeded by the Independence Medal. • Transkei official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Prisons Service Star for Distinction. • Succeeded by the Police Medal for Combating Terrorism. • South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994: • Illustration — Marumo Medal, Class II • Illustration — Defence Force Medal • Illustration — Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal • Official SANDF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Marumo Medal, Class II of the Republic of Bophuthatswana. • Succeeded by the Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal of the Republic of Ciskei. • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Marumo Medal, Class II of the Republic of Bophuthatswana. • Succeeded by the Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal of the Republic of Ciskei. • South African National Defence Force from April 1996: • Illustration — Marumo Medal, Class II • Illustration — Defence Force Medal • Illustration — Bronze Medal for Merit (BMM) • Official SANDF order of precedence: • Preceded by the Marumo Medal, Class II of the Republic of Bophuthatswana. • Succeeded by the Bronze Medal for Merit (BMM) of the Azanian People's Liberation Army. • Official national order of precedence: • Preceded by the Marumo Medal, Class II of the Republic of Bophuthatswana. • Succeeded by the Bronze Medal for Merit (BMM) of the Azanian People's Liberation Army. The position of the Transkei Defence Force Medal in the order of precedence remained unchanged, as it was in April 1996, when a new series of military orders, decorations and medals was instituted in South Africa on 27 April 2003.

Conferment of the Transkei Defence Force Medal was discontinued when the Republic of Transkei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994.