Emergency Reserve Decoration

Army Emergency Reserve Decoration
Right: Emergency Reserve Decoration with 2nd award clasp. The badge is identical to the Elizabeth II version of the Efficiency Decoration, left
TypeLong service decoration
Awarded for12 years of service
Presented bythe United Kingdom
EligibilityOfficers of the Army Emergency Reserve or Army Supplementary Reserve
Post-nominalsE.R.D.
StatusSuperseded by Efficiency Decoration for the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve in 1967
Established1952
First award1953
Final award1967 (Retrospective awards up to 2004)
Ribbon bar
Precedence
Next (higher)Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal
Next (lower)Volunteer Officers' Decoration

The Emergency Reserve Decoration (ERD) was a British military decoration for long service, instituted on 17 November 1952 and given for service up to 1967.