| Army Emergency Reserve Decoration | |
|---|---|
 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| Status | Superseded by Efficiency Decoration for the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve in 1967 |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] |
 Ribbon bar | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal[3] |
| Next (lower) | Volunteer Officers' Decoration[3] |
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.
- ^ Alexander, Fran, editor. (1998). The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations (2nd ed.). New York: Market House Books Ltd. p. 151. ISBN 9780192800732.
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