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The Efficiency Medal was instituted in 1930 for award to part-time warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men after twelve years of efficient service on the active list of the Militia or the Territorial Army of the United Kingdom, or of the other Auxiliary Military Forces throughout the British Empire. At the same time a clasp was instituted for award to holders of the medal upon completion of further periods of six years of efficient service. The medal superseded the Volunteer Long Service Medal, the Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies, the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, the Militia Long Service Medal, the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and the Territorial Efficiency Medal.〔 In the British Commonwealth, the Efficiency Medal was gradually superseded by local medals in some member countries, in Canada by the Canadian Forces Decoration in 1951, in the Union of South Africa by the John Chard Medal in 1952 and in Australia by the Reserve Force Medal in 1982. In the United Kingdom the medal was superseded by the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal in 1999. New Zealand continues to award the Efficiency Medal (New Zealand) and is one of a few countries to still do so.〔 (Accessed 26 May 2015)〕〔(South African Medal Website - Union Defence Forces (1939-52) ) (Accessed 3 May 2015)〕〔Government Notice no. 1982 of 1 October 1954 - ''Order of Precedence of Orders, Decorations and Medals'', published in the Government Gazette of 1 October 1954.〕〔(Australian Government - It's an Honour - Reserve Force Medal ) (Accessed 18 July 2015)〕〔(Gov.UK - Medals: campaigns, descriptions and eligibility - Volunteer Reserves Service Medal ) (Accessed 9 July 2015)〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/e/e7.html )〕 ==Origin== The Volunteer Long Service Medal was instituted in 1894 as an award for long service by other ranks in the part-time Volunteer Force of the United Kingdom. In 1896 the grant of this medal was extended to members of Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire and a separate new medal was instituted, the Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies. The latter medal was superseded by the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal in 1899, but continued to be awarded by the Isle of Man, Bermuda and the Indian Empire. The Militia Long Service Medal and the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal were instituted in the United Kingdom in 1904 and 1908 respectively. Also in 1908, when the Territorial Force was formed, the Volunteer Long Service Medal was superseded by the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, which itself was superseded by the Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1921 when the Territorial Force became the Territorial Army.〔(Royal Dublin Fusiliers - Militia Long Service Medal ) (Accessed 16 July 2015)〕〔(The Fitzwilliam Museum - Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Object Number CM.1312-2009, record id 141406 ) (Accessed 16 July 2015)〕〔Mackay, J., Mussell, J.W., Editorial Team of Medal News, (2005), ''The Medal Yearbook'', page 226, (Token Publishing Limited)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Efficiency Medal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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