Police Wound Medal

Medal instituted on 21 March 1990.
Medal awarded to Police members who while being in action was severely wounded in the execution of duty, resulting in life threatening injuries.
A bronzed bar with a bronzed cobra emblem may be awarded to the medal should the member be severely wounded again, resulting in a life threatening injury that merits the award of the Medal, and an additional bar may be awarded for each subsequent life threatening injury sustained by the member.
The medal is circular in form with fourteen points and is of a base metal and bronzed; bears on the obverse, a Greek cross superimposed over crossed swords and on the cross a Cobra snake, with head and body reared and poised, is in relief; and the cross, swords and snake are in silver; bears on the reverse, the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Namibia in the centre and the inscription “Wound Medal” above the centre, with a POL serial number below the centre; and is attached by a suspender bar to a ribbon, 32 mm in width, consisting of vertical stripes coloured in the order gold, black, gold, black, gold and measuring, respectively, three mm, eight mm, ten mm, eight mm and three mm.