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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.
Federal Service Medals Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Korea Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal Medal for Humane Action National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Unofficial Cold War Victory Medal The Cold War Victory Medal is both an official medal of the U.S. National Guard and an unofficial military medal of the United ...
Service in West Africa, natives of West Africa and periods spent on leave excluded, and war service was reckoned two-fold as qualifying service for the decoration. The award could also be made to any Princes or Princesses of the Blood Royal. [1] [15] The equivalent award for other ranks was the Efficiency Medal. [15]
The Territorial Efficiency Medal is an oval silver medal, 38 millimetres (1.5 inches) high and 31 millimetres (1.2 inches) wide. The obverse bears the effigy of King George V in Field Marshall's uniform facing left, circumscribed by the inscription "GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:".
Long service medal: Awarded for: A minimum of 12 years service, with war service counting double: Description: Oval silver medal: Presented by: The United Kingdom: Eligibility: Territorial Force – other ranks: Clasps: Bars awarded for further periods of 12 years service: Status: This award: Superseded the Volunteer Long Service Medal in 1908
During the First and Second World Wars, the Croix de Guerre medals of France and Belgium, as well as the French Military Medal and Luxembourg War Cross, were further issued as unit citation cords, known as Fourragère. Service members could receive both the individual award and the unit cord; in the case of the later, the unit citation could ...
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
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