Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was established in 1899 as recognition for long and meritorious service as a part-time commissioned officer in any of the organized military forces of the British Colonies, Dependencies and Protectorates. It superseded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies in all these territories, but not in the Indian Empire.
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Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was established in 1899 as recognition for long and meritorious service as a part-time commissioned officer in any of the organized military forces of the British Colonies, Dependencies and Protectorates. It superseded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies in all these territories, but not in the Indian Empire.
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The Colonial Auxiliary Forces ...... ion across the British Empire.
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38,899,248
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725,482,125
awarded by
Caption
First King George V version, 32 mm ribbon
eligibility
Officers of part-time Colonial Forces
established
for
Twenty years meritorious service
name
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
post-nominals
precedence label
same
Indian Volunteer Forces Officers' Decoration
status
Discontinued in 1930
type
Military long service decoration
subject
comment
The Colonial Auxiliary Forces ...... but not in the Indian Empire.
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Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
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