English: The Military Merit Medal ribbon bar of the South African Defence Force, 32 millimetres wide, with dark blue and light blue bands, both 5 millimetres wide, a dark orange band 12 millimetres wide, and light blue and dark blue bands, both 5 millimetres wide. The colours are those of the three Arms of the Service prior to the formation of the South African Medical Service as a separate fourth Arm, dark orange for the Army, light blue for the Air Force and dark blue for the Navy.