African Police Medal for Meritorious Service
Ribbon bar of the medal
Type	Long service medal
Awarded for	Acts of gallantry, meritorious, and long service
Presented by	the British Empire
Eligibility	Non-European members of the police forces of British African colonies
Status	Replaced by the Colonial Police Medal and Colonial Police Long Service Medal
Established	14 July 1915
Last awarded	1948 (Southern Rhodesia - BSAP)
Order of Wear
Next (higher)	Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal[1]
Next (lower)	Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal[1]
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.^[2] Awarded from 1915-1938, the medal was replaced by the Colonial Police Medal and the Colonial Police Long Service Medal.^[3][4]

Appearance

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 •.^{[5][better source needed]}

The medal is suspended from a claw suspension with a ring through its ribbon. The ribbon is yellow with edges of red.