LONG-SERVICE MEDALS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 217, 1 June 1918, Page 6

LONG-SERVICE MEDALS

TERRITORIAL AND VOLUNTEER > DECORATIONS. A correspondent' lias asked a series of questions regardin? the decorations worn l;y officers of tho Territorial Forco in re- s cognition of long service. The regulations of - this wnt R"P let'sHiy and complex,' but their chief features may bo summarised , .— ' The letters "T.D." after nn officer's ranie used to stand for "Territorial' Decoration." They have lw. renlsced by "(D)," which denotes that the officer: holds tho Colonial Auxiliary Forces Offi<"ers' Decoration, im twenty years' commissioned service in the Volunteer or Territorial Forces of New Zealand. The- letters "V.D.," as at present v*eft, denote the. holder of the Imperial Volunteer Officers' Decoration, for twenty years' commissioned service in the Vol* uritcer Forces of the United Kingdom. ■ The New. Zealand Territorial Service McdaA is issued for twelve years' continuous, efficient services in the New Zealand Volunteer or Territorial Forces. ;\ khaki ribbon is worn for this medal, I'iit a change to a khaki rihlmn with red edges has been approved. There 'la ancther Territorial Service Medal which is issued, for sixteen years' continuous efficient service in the New Zealand Volunteer or Territorial Forces, or for twenty years' broken service. IT is called the New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal. Its ribbon is crimson, with two white stripes down the centre; formerly, .•-.he riblxin was plain 'crimson. The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal'is granted for twenty years' service in the auxiliary forces in any dominion, colony, or protectorate o f tho Empire. Any service counts except service on n permanent staff. This medal is intended by tho Imperial authorities to meet the case of tho officer who ' have.. served in .' various parts of .the Empire. It has a green ribbon; the (■■amo colour as the ribbon of the Colonial. Auxiliary Eprccc Officers' Decora-* tion. ■'•' •