Reserve Force Decoration

Reserve Force Decoration

Infobox Military Award
name=Reserve Force Decoration


caption=Obverse of medal (with bar) and ribbon
awarded_by=Australia
type= Medal
eligibility= Officers of the Australian Defence Force Reserves
for= a minimum of 15 years "qualifying service", including an assessment of good conduct
status= Not currently awarded, but additional service bars can still be issued to awardees
description=
clasps=for each additional 5 years of service
established=20 April1982
first_award=
last_award=
total= 4,960 as at 30 June2006
posthumous=
recipients=
individual=
higher= Defence Force Service Medal
same=
lower= Reserve Force Medal
related= Defence Long Service Medal


caption2=Ribbon with rosette

The Reserve Force Decoration (postnominal RFD) is an Australian Military award given for long service by officers of the Reserve Forces. It is part of the suite of defence force service awards introduced in 1982, which also included the Defence Force Service Medal (DFSM, for all members of the permanent forces) and the Reserve Force Medal (RFM, for non-commissioned members of the Reserve forces). However, the RFD is the only one of the three to carry a postnominal entitlement.

All three medals were replaced in 2002 with a single medal, the Defence Long Service Medal, which is now awarded to all permanent and reserve members irrespective of rank.

Additional service clasps, each indicating a further 5 years after the initial 15 year qualifying service, can still be issued to persons awarded the RFD, RFM or DFSM. The first four clasps to the medal are indicated by rosettes. These are replaced by a single silver Federation Star for the fifth clasp. Additional Federation Star emblems are added for subsequent clasps.

Other Australian Long Service Awards include:
* Defence Force Service Medal
* Reserve Force Medal
* Defence Long Service Medal (currently awarded)
* National Medal
* Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal

While the Australian Defence Medal is sometimes classified as a "long service medal", it is intended to recognise all those who completed an obligation to serve their country (whether voluntarily or conscripted), and is not awarded for "long service" per se.

Description

* The RFD is an oval cupro-nickel medal surrounded by a gilt wreath of wattle, ensigned with the Crown of Saint Edward. The obverse has the Joint Service Emblem on a rayed background.
* The reverse is inscribed 'FOR EFFICIENT SERVICE IN THE RESERVE FORCES'.
* The 32mm-wide ribbon has three equal stripes of azure-blue and gold. The colours were the national colours of Australia at the time of introduction.
* The RFD clasp is a gilt bar with the Royal Cypher flanked by sprigs of wattle in the centre. When the ribbon is worn alone a clasp is indicated by the addition of a cupro-nickel oval rosette or a silver miniature Federation Star.

ee also

* Australian Honours System
* Australian Honours Order of Precedence

References

* [http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/reserve_force_medal.cfm It's an Honour] - Australian Government website
* [http://www.defence.gov.au/medals/Content/+045%20Long%20Service%20Awards/+030%20RFD/ ADF Honours and Awards] - Military site


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