Efficiency Decoration

Efficiency Decoration
King George V version with a "TERRITORIAL" bar-brooch
Type	Military long service decoration
Awarded for	Twenty years service until 1949 Twelve years service from 1949
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India
Eligibility	Part-time commissioned officers of the Territorial Army and Auxiliary Military Forces
Post-nominals	TD (Territorial Army) ED (Auxiliary Military Forces)
Status	Still current in New Zealand
Established	1930
Original, HAC and 1967 ribbon bars
Order of wear
Next (higher)	Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal
Equivalent	Efficiency Decoration (Canada) Efficiency Decoration (New Zealand) Efficiency Decoration (South Africa) Emergency Reserve Decoration
Next (lower)	Territorial Efficiency Medal

The Efficiency Decoration, post-nominal letters TD for recipients serving in the Territorial Army of the United Kingdom or ED for those serving in the Auxiliary Military Forces, was instituted in 1930 for award to part-time officers after twenty years of service as an efficient and thoroughly capable officer. The decoration superseded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration, the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration and the Territorial Decoration.^[1]

In the British Commonwealth, the decoration was gradually superseded by national decorations in some member countries, in Canada by the Canadian Forces' Decoration in 1951, in the Union of South Africa by the John Chard Decoration in 1952 and in Australia by the Reserve Force Decoration in 1982. In the United Kingdom, the decoration was superseded by the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal in 1999. New Zealand continues to award the Efficiency Decoration (New Zealand) and is one of a few countries still to do so.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}