Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Decoration

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  • Silver Medal (1908-1910) Obverse

Attributes

  • country
    Great Britain
  • date of institution
    1908

History


The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration was instituted in 1908 and awarded to Commissioned Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves in recognition of 15 years of service. Service spent in the ranks counted as half while service spent during wartime counted as double. The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration was replaced by the Royal Naval Reserve Decoration in 1966. The design of the Silver Medal is identical to the Royal Naval Reserve Decoration.

Clasps were awarded to denote an additional 10 years of service. Recipients of the Silver Medal were entitled to use the post-nominal letters "VD" until 1947, and "VRD" thereafter.

There are multiple versions of the Medal of the Medal which differ by the reigning monarch's cypher. Early versions of the Medal were issued with a green ribbon while later versions featured a dark blue, green, and red ribbon.

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  • Price

    $200-250 USD

  • Composition

    Silver/ Silver-gilt

  • Inscription

    Obv: ERVII

  • Size

    33x54mm

  • Maker

  • Version Remarks

    The Silver Medal (1908-1910) image is attributed to the British Government (1908-1910) and Andre Kritzinger at Wikipedia and is used in t...

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  • Price

    $200 USD

  • Composition

    Silver/ Silver-gilt

  • Inscription

    Obv: GVR

  • Size

    33X54mm

  • Maker

  • Version Remarks

    The Silver Medal (1910) image is attributed to the British Government (1908-1910) and Andre Kritzinger at Wikipedia and is used in the Pu...

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  • Price

    $200-300 USD

  • Composition

    Silver/ Silver-gilt

  • Inscription

    Obv: GRI

  • Size

    54x33mm

  • Maker

  • Version Remarks

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  • Price

    $200 USD

  • Composition

    Silver/Silver-gilt

  • Inscription

    Obv: GVIR

  • Size

    33x54mm

  • Maker

  • Version Remarks

    The Silver Medal (with GVIR cypher) images are attributed to the British Government 9c. 1948) and Andre Kritzinger at wikipedia and are u...

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  • Price

    $200-250 USD

  • Composition

    Silver/ Silver-gilt

  • Inscription

    Obv: EIIR

  • Size

    33x54mm

  • Maker

  • Version Remarks

    The Silver Medal (1952-1966) images are attributed to the Brtish Government (c. 1952) and Andre Kritzinger at Wikipedia and are used in t...

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