• The Van Riebeeck Medal, post-nominal letters VRM, is a military decoration for bravery which was instituted by the Union of South Africa in 1952. It was...
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  • The Van Riebeeck Decoration, post-nominal letters DVR, is a South African military decoration for bravery which was instituted by the Union of South Africa...
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  • the Van Riebeeck Medal (VRM). Succeeded by the Pro Virtute Medal (PVM). Official national order of precedence: Preceded by the Van Riebeeck Medal (VRM)...
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  • South African military decorations (category Military decorations and medals of South Africa)
    Medal (Transvaal) (1902–1913) Campaign medals Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal (1900) Natal Native Rebellion Medal (1907) Long service medals Meritorious...
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  • IPhrothiya yeGolide (category Military decorations and medals of South Africa)
    Merit (GDM) of the Azanian People's Liberation Army. Succeeded by the Van Riebeeck Medal (VRM) of the Republic of South Africa. Official national order of...
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  • decorations, and medals of the Bahamas Orders, decorations, and medals of Bahrain Orders, decorations, and medals of Bangladesh Medals of the Bangladesh...
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  • Senior Command Staff course during 1975 and commanded the SAS Maria van Riebeeck from 1979, later OC SAS Saldanha. He was a Senior Staff Officer at Chief...
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    South African military decorations order of wearing (category Military decorations and medals of South Africa)
    these being the post-nominal letters "VRD" instead of "DVR" for the Van Riebeeck Decoration. The post-nominal letters "VRD" are used for the Royal Naval...
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  • Southern Cross Medal of 1952, post-nominal letters SM, was instituted by Queen Elizabeth II on 6 April 1952, during the Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival....
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  • (SANDF). The Union Medal was instituted by Queen Elizabeth II on 6 April 1952, during the Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival. The medal could be awarded...
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  • Johan Retief (category Alumni of Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck)
    was born on 20 March 1946 in Cape Town, matriculating at Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck in Cape Town. He attended the South African Military Academy after completing...
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    Daghregister van Jan Antonisz van Riebeeck, 1952 (translated by HB and Maria Thom) Die Nuwe Beeld van ons Weermag, (editor), 1963 Die Uitdaging van die Toekoms...
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  • Pro Merito Decoration (category Military decorations and medals of South Africa)
    Preceded by the Southern Cross Decoration (SD). Succeeded by the Van Riebeeck Medal (VRM). Official national order of precedence: Preceded by the Southern...
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  • Chard Medal was instituted by Queen Elizabeth II on 6 April 1952, during the Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival, to replace the Efficiency Medal and the...
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  • Breaker Morant and the Bushveldt Carbineers, Second Series No. 18. Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town. p. lvvii. Arthur Davey (1987), Breaker Morant and...
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    clasps Long Service Medal for Officers Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle (in Dutch) F. G. P. Jaquet, Heutsz, Joannes Benedictus van (1851-1924), Biografisch...
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  • Sandile Decoration (category Military decorations and medals of Ciskei)
    Preceded by the Distinguished Service Medal, Gold of the Republic of Venda. Succeeded by the Van Riebeeck Medal (VRM) of the Republic of South Africa...
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  • Castle of Good Hope Decoration (category Military decorations and medals of South Africa)
    1952, during the Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival, as the most senior of a series of military decorations and medals which substituted many of the British...
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  • Anthony Howell (admiral) (category Recipients of the Southern Cross Medal)
    van Riebeeck, and served in SAS Emily Hobhouse as Detection and Weapons Officer, First Lieutenant. He commanded the submarine SAS Maria van Riebeeck from...
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    Gold Decoration for Merit (category Military decorations and medals of Azanian People's Liberation Army)
    Decoration for Merit in Gold (DMG) of Umkhonto we Sizwe. Succeeded by the Van Riebeeck Medal (VRM) of the Republic of South Africa. Official national order of...
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  • Leon Reeders (category Recipients of the Southern Cross Medal)
    in 1973 and served as Anti Submarine Warfare Officer on the SAS Jan van Riebeeck. OC SAS Fleur and promoted to rank of lieutenant at this time. Project...
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  • Jan Breytenbach (category Recipients of the Southern Cross Medal)
    spectrum. Van Riebeeck Decoration (DVR) Southern Cross Decoration (SD) Southern Cross Medal (1975) (SM) Military Merit Medal (MMM) Pro Patria Medal (South...
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    of International Art Club, South Africa. 1950 Venice Bienalle. 1952 Van Riebeeck Tercent Exhibition, Cape Town; Venice Bienalle. 1953 Rhodes Centenary...
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  • Lambert Jackson Woodburne (category Recipients of the Southern Cross Medal)
    31 August 1992. He is one of only two people to have been awarded the Van Riebeeck Decoration, which he received for Special Forces operations in Tanzania...
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  • chairmanship of William Irving, F.R.P.S.L. Two stamps from the 1952 Van Riebeeck issue were overprinted for the exhibition. The 1d. (overprinted SATISE)...
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    Laurika Rauch (category Alumni of Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck)
    children’s choir from Pinelands, for 10 years. Laurika matriculated at Jan van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town, studied drama at the University of Stellenbosch...
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    politician and ambassador, negotiated the Treaty of Westminster (1654) Jan van Riebeeck (1619–1677) colonial administrator, founded Cape Town, South Africa James...
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  • Jaap Weideman (category Recipients of the Southern Cross Medal)
    SAS Maria van Riebeeck. In 1982 he was appointed as Inspector General (Navy). Southern Cross Medal (1952) (SM) Military Merit Medal (MMM) Pro Patria Medal General...
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    Company established a trading post in Cape Town under the command of Jan van Riebeeck in 1652, European workers who settled at the Cape became known as the...
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    Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum. In 1660, by order of Jan van Riebeeck, a hedge of wild almond and brambles were planted to afford some protection...
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