Succeeded by the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, Bronze of the Republic of Bophuthatswana. Official national order of precedence: Preceded by the Police Medal for Faithful Service of the Republic of South Africa. Succeeded by the Police Medal for Faithful Service of the Republic of Bophuthatswana. Description Initially all South African military orders, decorations and medals were minted by the South African Mint, but with effect from c. 1980, the manufacturing of all new awards, as well as the further production of older awards, were put out to tender by private enterprises. Since the tooling of the older awards was retained by the Mint, private manufacturers had to manufacture their own tooling, which resulted in several variations in appearance. Poor quality control and cost cutting by manufacturers resulted in the acceptance and award of a large number of medals which were only 2 millimetres thick, with no raised rim and an undecorated ribbon suspender on the reverse, as depicted. A third version appeared in the early 1990s, with a raised rim on the reverse and a separating line (--- • ---) added between the Afrikaans and English inscriptions, but still with an undecorated suspender reverse, as depicted. On these the medal number was engraved near the bottom on the reverse side. Medals minted from the mid-1990s were once again compliant with the description in the warrant in terms of which the medal was instituted, but they were struck in one piece with the suspenders. The separating line between the Afrikaans and English inscriptions of the previous version was omitted. The suspenders were shaped slightly differently from before and the bottom arms of the suspender met the medal inside two of the scalloped valleys on the rim, instead of on two of the apexes as before. This version is depicted in the main picture. Obverse The Good Service Medal, Bronze is a medallion with a scalloped edge and a raised rim, 38 millimetres in diameter and 3 millimetres thick at the rim. The ribbon suspender is decorated with proteas and leaves. The obverse is identical to that of the Permanent Force Good Service Medal of 1961 and depicts the pre-1994 South African Coat of Arms. Reverse The reverse is inscribed "VIR TROUE DIENS" and "FOR GOOD SERVICE" in four lines. The original medals, produced by the South African Mint, have a raised rim and decorated ribbon suspender on the