Summary
Victorian Volunteer Forces Long Service and Good Conduct medal awarded to A. Geddes in 1883 for 'long and efficient service'. Mint: Stokes & Martin, Melbourne.
The medal was instituted on 26 January 1881 and given royal sanction on 21 April 1882. It was available to officers and men in the Volunteer Forces for 15 years service. Awards to officers ceased in 1894 when the Volunteer Officers Decoration was introduced.
The Victorian Volunteer Forces were the local regiments who undertook the naval and military defence of the colony of Victoria.
Physical Description
A round silver medal (38 mm. diameter) with ornate mount and ribbon (not original). The obverse features a crowned garter around simplified Southern Cross on a cross; on the garter to motto, AUT PACE . AUT BELLO . VICTORIA (translation - both in peace and in war Victoria); around, LOCAL FORCES VICTORIA. The reverse has the legend: FOR / LONG AND / EFFICIENT / SERVICE. The edge, A. GEDDES _ 1883 .
Obverse Description
Crowned garter around simple Southern Cross on cross; on garter, AUT PACE . AUT BELLO . VICTORIA; around, LOCAL FORCES VICTORIA
Reverse Description
FOR / LONG AND / EFFICIENT / SERVICE
Edge Description
A. GEDDES _ 1883
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1883 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
Stokes & Martin (Mint), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1882
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Awarded To
A. Geddes, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1883
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Inscriptions
A. GEDDES _ 1883 AUT PACE . AUT BELLO . VICTORIA LOCAL FORCES VICTORIA FOR / LONG AND / EFFICIENT / SERVICE
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Series
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Material
Silver
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
39 mm (Width), 118 mm (Height), 38 mm (Outside Diameter)
38 * 56 [including ribbon]
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Exhibition Collection Management
39 mm (Width), 118 mm (Height)
including ribbon
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Shape
Round and ribbon
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References
The Victoria Volunteer long and efficient service medal and the volunteer officers' decoration / by R.D. Williams
[Book] 1875. Orders in council, regulations, and standing orders and instructions for the volunteer forces of H.M. Government in Victoria.
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Keywords
Australian Military Forces, Colonial Military Forces, Long Service Awards, Victorian Volunteer Forces, Victorian Colonial Defence Forces
