Jack Hindon Medal

Jack Hindon Medal
Awarded by the State President
Country	South Africa
Type	Military decoration for merit
Eligibility	Other ranks in the Commandos
Awarded for	Exceptionally diligent and outstanding service
Status	Discontinued in 1975
Post-nominals	JHM
Statistics
Established	1970
First awarded	1971
Last awarded	1975
Total awarded	18
SADF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear
Next (higher)	SADF precedence: Danie Theron Medal SANDF precedence: Danie Theron Medal
Next (lower)	SADF succession: Military Merit Medal SANDF succession: Military Merit Medal
Related	Danie Theron Medal
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The Jack Hindon Medal, post-nominal letters JHM, is a South African military decoration that was instituted in the Republic of South Africa in 1970 and that was in use until 1975. It was awarded to other ranks for diligent service in the Commandos, the rural defence component of the South African Defence Force.

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 Jack Hindon Medal, post-nominal letters JHM, was instituted by the State President in 1970.

Award criteria

The medal could be awarded to other ranks of the Commandos, the rural defence component of the South African Defence Force, for exceptionally diligent and outstanding service. The medal was named after Jack Hindon, a Scottish-born Afrikaner hero of the Second Boer War. The use of post-nominal letters was allowed from 1993, eighteen years after the medal had been discontinued.

Order of wear

Main article: South African military decorations order of wear § Order of wear

The position of the Jack Hindon Medal in the official order of precedence was revised three times after 1975 to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first with 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 with the institution of a new set of awards on 27 April 2003, but it remained unchanged on all three occasions.

Danie Theron Medal (DTM) Jack Hindon Medal (JHM)

Official SANDF order of precedence

• Preceded by the Danie Theron Medal (DTM).
• Succeeded by the Military Merit Medal (MMM).

Official national order of precedence

• Preceded by the Danie Theron Medal (DTM).
• Succeeded by the Military Merit Medal (MMM).

Description

Obverse

The Jack Hindon Medal is an oval bronze medal, to fit in a circle 38 millimetres in diameter, and depicts three Burghers raising the Vierkleur flag on top of Spioenkop after the Boer victory over British forces in 1900, during the Second Boer War. It is inscribed "JACK • HINDON" at the top and "MEDALJE • MEDAL" at the bottom.

Reverse

The reverse has the pre-1994 South African Coat of Arms.

Ribbon

The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide and yellow, with green bands 4½ millimetres wide on the edges and a green band 1 millimetre wide in the centre.

Discontinuation

Conferment of the Jack Hindon Medal was discontinued in 1975 and the Danie Theron Medal (DTM), hitherto reserved for officers, became available for all ranks in the Commandos.