Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
First King George V version, 32 mm ribbon
Type	Military long service decoration
Awarded for	Twenty years meritorious service
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	the Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India
Eligibility	Officers of part-time Colonial Forces
Post-nominals	VD
Status	Discontinued in 1930
Established	1899
32 mm and 38 mm ribbon bars
Order of wear
Next (higher)	Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies
Equivalent	Indian Volunteer Forces Officers' Decoration
Next (lower)	Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal
Related	Volunteer 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 It superseded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies in all these territories, but not in the Indian Empire.^[1][2]

In 1930, the decoration, along with the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and the Territorial Decoration, were superseded by the Efficiency Decoration in an effort to standardise recognition across the British Empire.^[3]