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Between the upper arms of the St Andrew's Cross is the text LONG AND EFFICIENT SERVICE. The medal was originally made of silver, later of silver plated copper, and since the 1960s of copper-nickel. It is suspended from a straight swivel bar and hangs from a ribbon of red with yellow stripes at the edges and a thin white stripe in the centre. [6 ...
The Cadet Forces Medal is awarded to recognise long and efficient service by Commissioned Officers and non commissioned adult instructors of the UK Cadet Forces: The Army Cadet Force, the Air Training Corps, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Volunteer Cadet Corps and Combined Cadet Force, and Commissioned Officers of the New Zealand Cadet Forces.
The Volunteer Long Service Medal was instituted in 1894 as an award for long service by other ranks in the part-time Volunteer Force of the United Kingdom. In 1896 the grant of this medal was extended to members of Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire and a separate new medal was instituted, the Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies.
A recipient who had earlier been awarded any Long Service and Good Conduct Medal or the Efficiency Medal or a clasp to either for service in the ranks, was not permitted to wear the medal or clasp together with the decoration until the full service periods prescribed for each medal or clasp and the decoration had been completed. [1] [8] [14] [20]
The medal is round, 37 mm in diameter, and made of silver. The obverse of the medal depicts a Royal Crown superimposed over a crossed sword and Taiaha (Maori long club) and surrounded by fern fronds. The reverse bears the inscription FOR LONG AND EFFICIENT SERVICE. The medal's suspension is a 14 mm diameter ring, which passes through a loop ...
Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Long Service Medal; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; Royal Observer Corps Medal; Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; Royal Victorian Medal; Royal West African Frontier Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Service Star (Congo) Long Service Medal (Military) (Singapore) Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (10 Years) Medal; Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (20 Years) Medal; Singapore Armed Forces National Service Medal; Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal; SS Long Service Award
Established by the East India Company in 1848, the Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was established along the same lines as the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal for other ranks in the British Army. European troops were recognized by the award of the medal for long and efficient service totaling at least 21 years.