Volunteer Officers' Decoration

Volunteer Officers' Decoration
Queen Victoria version
TypeMilitary long service decoration
Awarded forTwenty years meritorious service
Country United Kingdom
Presented bythe Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India
EligibilityOfficers of the Volunteer Force
Post-nominalsVD
StatusDiscontinued in the UK in 1908, in the Dependencies in 1930
Established1892
First awarded1892
Last awarded1907 in the UK, 1930 in Bermuda
Ribbon bar
Order of wear
Next (higher)Army Emergency Reserve Decoration
Next (lower)Volunteer Long Service Medal
RelatedVolunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies

The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force. Award of the decoration was discontinued in the United Kingdom when it was superseded by the Territorial Decoration in 1908, but it continued to be awarded in some Crown Dependencies until 1930.[1][2][3]

The grant of the decoration was extended in 1894 by the institution of a separate new decoration, the Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies, that could be awarded to commissioned officers of all Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire and India.[4][5]

  1. ^ "No. 26311". The London Gazette. 29 July 1892. p. 4303.
  2. ^ "Volunteer Officer's Decoration, George V issue, miniature". www.medal-medaille.com. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. ^ North East Medals – The Volunteer Officers' Decoration (Accessed 28 June 2015)
  4. ^ "No. 26516". The London Gazette. 26 May 1894. p. 3115.
  5. ^ "No. 56878". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 March 2003. p. 3353.