The Volunteer Officers' Decoration (V.D.), sometimes just referred to as the Volunteer Decoration, was instituted in 1892 to reward the "long and meritorious services of Officers of proved capacity in Our Volunteer Force" in Great Britain, and then extended in 1894 to include commissioned officers of all Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire. The qualifying period was 20 years of service (excepting in India, where the period was only 18 years), with half of any previous years' service in the Regular Army also counting towards qualification. The award did not confer any individual precedence but entitled the recipient to use the postnominal letters V.D. after their name. It was superseded in the colonies and India by other medals in 1899, and within the UK by the Territorial Decora
| Attributes | Values |
|---|
| rdf:type
| |
| rdfs:label
| - Volunteer Officers' Decoration
|
| rdfs:comment
| - The Volunteer Officers' Decoration (V.D.), sometimes just referred to as the Volunteer Decoration, was instituted in 1892 to reward the "long and meritorious services of Officers of proved capacity in Our Volunteer Force" in Great Britain, and then extended in 1894 to include commissioned officers of all Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire. The qualifying period was 20 years of service (excepting in India, where the period was only 18 years), with half of any previous years' service in the Regular Army also counting towards qualification. The award did not confer any individual precedence but entitled the recipient to use the postnominal letters V.D. after their name. It was superseded in the colonies and India by other medals in 1899, and within the UK by the Territorial Decora
|
| sameAs
| |
| dcterms:subject
| |
| dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
| Status
| - Superseded in the UK by the Territorial Decoration
|
| Name
| - Volunteer Officers' Decoration
|
| Type
| |
| Caption
| - Volunteer Officers' Decoration ribbon
- Volunteer Officers' Decoration, first version
|
| last award
| |
| eligibility
| - "Efficient and thoroughly capable" officers of the Volunteer Force
|
| awarded by
| |
| post-nominals
| |
| higher
| |
| Established
| |
| Description
| - Oak wreath decoration in silver tied with gold, having in the centre the royal cipher and crown in gold, suspended from the left breast by a plain dark green riband of one inch and a half in width from a silver oak bar-brooch.
|
| Related
| |
| Image
| |
| Lower
| |
| first award
| |
| for
| - Military service of twenty years
|
| abstract
| - The Volunteer Officers' Decoration (V.D.), sometimes just referred to as the Volunteer Decoration, was instituted in 1892 to reward the "long and meritorious services of Officers of proved capacity in Our Volunteer Force" in Great Britain, and then extended in 1894 to include commissioned officers of all Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire. The qualifying period was 20 years of service (excepting in India, where the period was only 18 years), with half of any previous years' service in the Regular Army also counting towards qualification. The award did not confer any individual precedence but entitled the recipient to use the postnominal letters V.D. after their name. It was superseded in the colonies and India by other medals in 1899, and within the UK by the Territorial Decoration (T.D.) in 1908.
|
| is Awards
of | |
| is Lower
of | |
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)