Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Awarded by  United Kingdom
Type	Service medal
Eligibility	Petty Officers and ratings of the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, Royal Fleet Reserve, Royal Naval Wireless Auxiliary Reserve.
Awarded for	15 years service
Clasps	for 15 years service
Post-nominals	None
Statistics
Established	1909
Last awarded	1999
Related	Volunteer Reserves Service Medal

The Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was the Long Service Medal of the reserve forces of the Royal Navy. The medal was presented for 15 years of service by Petty Officers and ratings of the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, Royal Fleet Reserve, and Royal Naval Wireless Auxiliary Reserve.^[1] Established in 1909, the medal was replaced by the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal.^[2]

Medal design

The medal is silver 36 millimetres (1.4 in) in diameter. The obverse bears the effigy of the reigning sovereign of the period. The first two, Edward VII and George V are in the uniform of the Admiral of the Fleet. The later monarchs' effigies are the coinage type profiles. The reverse depicts HMS Dreadnought with the motto DIUTURNE FIDELIS (Faithful Over Time) underneath. The ribbons of the forces varied over time and by force. In 1957, the Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve were merged as the Royal Naval Reserve, and assumed a common ribbon.^[1]

Reserve Force	First ribbon	Second ribbon	Third ribbon
Royal Naval Reserve	1909-1941	1941-1957	1957-1999
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	1909-1919	1919-1957
Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve	1909-1943	1943-1949
Royal Naval Wireless Auxiliary Reserve	1939-1957
Royal Fleet Reserve	1922-1999

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