Full size Replica medals. Awarded for efficiency!
he Air Efficiency Award with the Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) effigy is
a Commonwealth military medal instituted to reward 10 years of long and faithful part-time service by officers and enlisted personnel in volunteer and auxiliary air forces.
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Created: September 1942 (initially under George VI, later issued with the QE2 portrait).
Qualifying Time: 10 years of efficient service in auxiliary or reserve air forces.
Clasps/Bars: Granted for each extra period of efficient service.
Wartime Service: Counted double towards the requirement. [1, 2, 3]
Shape: Oval silver medal.
Obverse: Features the early effigy or portrait of Queen Elizabeth II with the Latin inscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FID. DEF.
Reverse: Bears the inscription AIR EFFICIENCY AWARD.
Suspension: Hangs from a distinctive silver bar shaped like a flying eagle with outstretched wings.
Ribbon: Equal vertical stripes of dark green and pale/light blue. [1, 2]
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The Reserve Force Decoration (RFD) is
a historic Australian military award presented to officers of the Australian Defence Force Reserves for 15 years of efficient service. Instituted in April 1982, it remains the only long-service award in the Australian honours system that entitles the recipient to use a post-nominal (RFD).
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Eligibility: Officers who completed 15 years of efficient remunerated service in the Reserve Forces (including up to 3 years in the Regular Forces) between February 1975 and April 1999. [1]
Current Status: Replaced by the Defence Long Service Medal in April 1999, though eligible recipients can still be issued further clasps for additional service. [1, 2]
Medal: An oval cupro-nickel piece featuring a gilt wreath of wattle and the Defence Joint Service emblem on a rayed background, inscribed with "For Efficient Service in the Reserve Forces" on the reverse. [1, 2]
Ribbon: Composed of alternating azure-blue and gold stripes. [1]
Clasps: Awarded for every additional 5 years of qualifying reserve service, represented visually by rosettes or a Federation Star on the ribbon bar. [1, 2]
