Volunteer Reserves Service Medal | |
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Type | Long service medal |
Awarded for | 10 years' qualifying service |
Presented by | United Kingdom |
Eligibility | All members of the Reserves of all of the branches of the British Armed Forces |
Clasps | for each additional 5 years service |
Established | 1 April 1999 |
Standard ribbon bar Honourable Artillery Company ribbon | |
Order of Wear | |
Next (higher) | Air Efficiency Award[1] |
Next (lower) | Ulster Defence Regiment Medal[1] |
Related | Reserve Decoration, Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Territorial Decoration, Efficiency Medal (Territorial), Air Efficiency Award |
The Volunteer Reserves Service Medal (VRSM) is a medal which may be awarded to members of the Volunteer Reserves of all branches of the British Armed Forces - the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Marines Reserve, the Army Reserve and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. It replaced the separate decorations and medals awarded respectively to officers and other ranks in each of the services - the Royal Navy's Reserve Decoration and Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, the British Army's Territorial Decoration and Efficiency Medal, and the Royal Air Force's Air Efficiency Award - from 1 April 1999.