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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 The medal was originally made of silver, later of silver plated copper, and since the 1960s of copper-nickel.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 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.
The John Chard Medal is a military long service medal which was instituted by the Union of South Africa on 6 April 1952. Until 1986, it was awarded to members of the Citizen Force of the South African Defence Force for twelve years of efficient service and good conduct. The period of qualifying service was reduced to ten years in 1986. [1] [2]
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.
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
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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
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]