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Emergency Reserve Decoration
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The Emergency Reserve Decoration (ERD) was a British military decoration for long service, instituted on 17 November 1952 and given for service up to 1967.
Quick Facts Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, Type ...
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration | |
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![]() Right: Emergency Reserve Decoration with 2nd award clasp. The badge is identical to the Elizabeth II version of the Efficiency Decoration, left | |
Type | Long service decoration |
Awarded for | 12 years of service |
Presented by | the United Kingdom |
Eligibility | Officers of the Army Emergency Reserve or Army Supplementary Reserve |
Post-nominals | E.R.D.[1] |
Status | Superseded by Efficiency Decoration for the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve in 1967 |
Established | 1952 |
First awarded | 1953 |
Last awarded | 1967 (Retrospective awards up to 2004)[2] |
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Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal[3] |
Next (lower) | Volunteer Officers' Decoration[3] |
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