Victory Medal (South Africa)

Victory Medal (South Africa)
Type	Military Campaign medal
Awarded for	Campaign service
Country	Union of South Africa
Presented by	the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India
Eligibility	South African forces
Campaign(s)	First World War, 1914–1919
Clasps	None
Established	1919
First awarded	1919
Total	Approximately 75,000
Ribbon bars without and with MID emblem
South African order of wear
Next (higher)	Mercantile Marine War Medal
Next (lower)	1939-1945 Star
Related	Victory Medal (United Kingdom)

The Victory Medal (South Africa) is the Union of South Africa's version of the Victory Medal (United Kingdom), a First World War campaign medal of Britain and her colonies and dominions. The medal, never awarded singly, was awarded to all those South Africans who were awarded the 1914–15 Star or the British War Medal.^[1]