Honoris Crux Gold

The Honoris Crux Gold was a South African military decoration that existed from 1975 to 1993. It was the second of the four classes of the Honoris Crux Decoration (see also Honoris Crux Diamond, Honoris Crux Silver, and Honoris Crux). The decoration is awarded for outstanding acts of bravery while in extreme danger and is of silver gilt. A bar may be awarded to a member qualifying for a second award. The bar is precisely the same as the bar to the Honoris Crux Diamond. The recipient is entitled to the post-nominal title HCG.

Five decorations were won in combat, and one in a sea rescue operation. It has been superseded by the Nkwe ya Gauta decoration.

Design
Two swords in saltire surmounted by a circular Protea wreath, all in silver gilt; thereon a green Maltese Cross charged with a roundel tierced horizontally in orange, white and blue, witin a silver gilt circular border. The old South African Coat of Arms appears on the reverse. The ribbon is Orange, 32mm in width with a 1mm white centre stripe.
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 * Ribbon