Medal for Meritorious Service

The Medal for Meritorious Service was a medal awarded by the Republic of Rhodesia to civilians and military personnel.

History

The Medal for Meritorious Service was awarded to civilians for "resource and devotion to duty or exemplary voluntary service to the community.", and awarded to military members for "resource and devotion to duty."

Description

The medal was a silver circular medal that was 36mm around, with the obverse of the medal had the national coat of arms, and the reverse had the pick from the coat of arms in the centre encircled by the words "". The recipient's name would be etched on the rim, and a silver bar would be awarded for a subsequent award. The medal also had two different divisions, a civilian division that would have just a plain orange ribbon, and a military division that would have multi-coloured stripes in the centre.