| African Police Medal for Meritorious Service | |
| Presenter: | the British Empire |
| Type: | Long service medal |
| Eligibility: | Non-European members of the police forces of British African colonies |
| Awarded For: | Acts of gallantry, meritorious, and long service |
| Status: | Replaced by the Colonial Police Medal and Colonial Police Long Service Medal |
| Established: | 14 July 1915 |
| Lastawarded: | 1948 (Southern Rhodesia - BSAP) |
| Precedence Label: | Order of Wear |
| Higher: | Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |
| Lower: | Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal |
| Related: | Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |
The African Police Medal for Meritorious Service was a medal awarded to non-European police officers in British African colonies.[1] Awarded from 1915-1938, the medal was replaced by the Colonial Police Medal and the Colonial Police Long Service Medal.[2] [3]
The African Police Medal for Meritorious Service is circular, of silver. The obverse bears a crowned and uniformed effigy of George V surrounded by the inscription GEORGIVS V REX ET IND : IMP :. The reverse depict the Tudor Crown surmounted by a crowned lion encircled by a wreath tied at the base. Surrounding the central design is the inscription FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE POLICE • AFRICA •.[4]
The medal is suspended from a claw suspension with a ring through its ribbon. The ribbon is yellow with edges of red.