Two categories of medals were handed to veterans present at the event or to representatives of their families.
The first was the Military Veterans Decoration in Platinum in Classes one, two and three.
The class one medal recipients were the 10 men who founded MK. They include Albert Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, and former president Nelson Mandela.
They were awarded the medal for distinguishing themselves through courageous leadership, superior morality, self sacrifice, exemplary patriotism and total devotion to the struggle against apartheid.
The class two medal was awarded to 12 members of the national high command of MK and those who served life sentences with them on Robben Island after the Rivonia Trial.
Recipients included Andrew Mlangeni and Dennis Goldberg.
The class three medals were awarded to 40 MK members who were in the first regional command structures of the former military wing.
The recipients included Vuysile Mini, Ronnie Kasrils, Ben Turok, Peter Magano and Caleb Motsabi.
Extract of an Article of News 24 dated 2 Aug 2012
The ribbon on medals for sale appears to be correct although the first decorations issued had a different ribbon (I could not find confirmation)
