Mervyn Mitton Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 This attractively mounted group was awarded to Lieutenant Colonel H.R.MOULTON R.E.. The group consists of the : 39/45 Star ; France and Germany Star ; Defence Medal ; War Medal ; Officers Emergency Reserve Decoration. + Mins.. This last award was instituted in 1952 and discontinued in 1967. It covered the WW2 years and of course into Korea and Vietnam. Mostly the Awards were given to the Royal Engineers. Lt.Col. Moulton was also awarded a M.I.D. The lovely case was made by Spink's and can be wall hung - or, stood like a photo frame with a rear bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Would he have ERD behind his name? Better than the Volunteer Decoration initials I guess..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 No - just plain old 'VD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strapper Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 VD? When he got the decoration he probably told everyone the Queen had just given him VD. OOOPs..thats not funny is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Farrell Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 The post-nominals for the decoration are ERD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Thanks Tony - I didn't think they varied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Farrell Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 The reason being that Supplementary Reserve and AER officers were not volunteers (territorials) - rather reservists under Regular Army authority. Whilst the ERD looks like an Efficiency Decoration (TD/ED), it is a totally seperate award. It was born out of the whinge that the ORs received the Efficiency Medal (Militia), yet the officers received no equivalent award, as there was no Militia variant of the Efficiency Decoration, due to the policy of not rewarding regular officers with long service medals. As an aside, the post-nominals 'VD' continued to be used for the colonial & Indian officers' decorations after the discontinuance of the Volunteer Decoration in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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