The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force. Award of the decoration was discontinued in the United Kingdom when it was superseded by the Territorial Decoration in 1908, but it continued to be awarded in some Crown Dependencies until 1930.
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| - Médaille d'ancienneté du service volontaire (fr)
- Volunteer Decoration (it)
- Volunteer Officers' Decoration (en)
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| - La Volounteer Decoration era una medaglia di merito militare coniata per ricompensare quanti si fossero distinti per efficienza e capacità e fossero stati ufficiali all'interno delle . (it)
- La médaille d'ancienneté du service volontaire a été créée par Royal Warrant sous le règne de la Reine Victoria le 25 juillet 1892 pour récompenser l'efficacité des officiers du corps de volontaires qui ont servi pendant vingt ans. En 1894, la médaille a été introduite pour les officiers du corps de volontaires des Indes et des Colonies Britanniques (l'Inde était traitée différemment, seulement 18 ans de service était requis). Certaines versions portent les lettres "VRI" (Victoria Regina Imperatrix) au lieu de "VR" (Victoria Regina). (fr)
- The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force. Award of the decoration was discontinued in the United Kingdom when it was superseded by the Territorial Decoration in 1908, but it continued to be awarded in some Crown Dependencies until 1930. (en)
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| - Volunteer Officers' Decoration (en)
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| - Discontinued in the UK in 1908, in the Dependencies in 1930 (en)
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| - La médaille d'ancienneté du service volontaire a été créée par Royal Warrant sous le règne de la Reine Victoria le 25 juillet 1892 pour récompenser l'efficacité des officiers du corps de volontaires qui ont servi pendant vingt ans. En 1894, la médaille a été introduite pour les officiers du corps de volontaires des Indes et des Colonies Britanniques (l'Inde était traitée différemment, seulement 18 ans de service était requis). Certaines versions portent les lettres "VRI" (Victoria Regina Imperatrix) au lieu de "VR" (Victoria Regina). Cette médaille est devenue périmée en Grande-Bretagne lorsque le corps de volontaires a été dissous en 1908, mais on a continué de la décerner dans les colonies avec à l'avers l'effigie du monarche régnant et au revers la mention "FOR LONG SERVICE IN THE COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES", et les feuilles de laurier sommées d'une croix impériale. Les récipiendaires de cette récompense peuvent faire suivre leur nom des initiales "VD". (fr)
- La Volounteer Decoration era una medaglia di merito militare coniata per ricompensare quanti si fossero distinti per efficienza e capacità e fossero stati ufficiali all'interno delle . (it)
- The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force. Award of the decoration was discontinued in the United Kingdom when it was superseded by the Territorial Decoration in 1908, but it continued to be awarded in some Crown Dependencies until 1930. The grant of the decoration was extended in 1894 by the institution of a separate new decoration, the Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies, that could be awarded to commissioned officers of all Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire and India. (en)
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