The Good Service Medal, Bronze, originally named the South African Defence Force Good Service Medal, Bronze, is the junior of a set of three South African military medals which was instituted by the Republic on 1 July 1975. It was awarded to members of all elements of the South African Defence Force for ten years of exemplary service, but was restricted to Permanent Force personnel from 1993. The South African military 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). Institution The Good Service Medal, Bronze was instituted by the State President in 1975 and, until 1993, was named the South African Defence Force Good Service Medal, Bronze. The medal is the junior of a set of three military medals for good service, along with the Good Service Medal, Gold for thirty years of good service and the Good Service Medal, Silver for twenty. Award criteria The medal was initially awarded to Permanent Force, Citizen Force and Commando members of the South African Defence Force for ten years of good service, but was restricted to Permanent Force personnel from 1993 and renamed. Order of wear The position of the Good Service Medal, Bronze in the official order of precedence was revised three times 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 when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted in April 1996 for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again when a new series of military decorations and medals was instituted in South Africa on 27 April 2003. Its position remained unchanged, as it was on 27 April 1994, upon the latter two occasions. South African Defence Force until 26 April 1994 Official SADF order of precedence: Preceded by the John Chard Medal. Succeeded by the De Wet Medal. Official national order of precedence: Preceded by the South African Police Medal for Faithful Service. Succeeded by the Department of Correctional Services Medal for Faithful Service, 10 Years. South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994 Official SANDF order of precedence: Preceded by the John Chard Medal of the Republic of South Africa.