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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 ...
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 The medal was originally made of silver, later of silver plated copper, and since the 1960s of copper-nickel.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 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.
Upon the ring is the inscription FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT. [3] The medal is mounted from a silver scrolled bar with a claw attachment to the medal. The ribbon for the medal was not spelled out by regulation, but by convention used a 1.25 inch wide crimson ribbon, the same as the British Army's Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. [3]
The reverse bears the text FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT, in 4 lines on plain background. The medal is suspended from a non-swiveling, ornately designed bar with scrolled supports, the bar bears the letters, U.D.R on a textured background. The medal hangs from a 32 mm wide purple ribbon, with a centre stripe 3 mm wide in dark green, and 3 ...
Prior to 1985 the New Zealand armed forces received the same Meritorious and Long Service Awards awarded in the United Kingdom. Since the end of World War 2 there have been constant moves towards an independent New Zealand honours system.
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Long Service Medal could mean: Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal of the British Army; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Cape of Good Hope) Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Natal) Long Service Medal (Military) (Singapore) of the Singapore Armed Forces; Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military) of the British Army