RNR and RNVR personnel qualified if they served at ashore in France or Belgium

Recipients of a Mention in Despatches (MiD) during the war were authorised to wear a spray of oak leaves on the ribbon

UN Bosnia UNPREDEP Miniature Medal

and Nauru police forces in 1956

from 18 August 2004 and a termination date

Royal Naval Reserve Long Service Medal EIIR Full Size Ribbon Bars RNR and RNVR personnel qualifiedRoyal Naval Reserve Long Service Medal EIIR. On the merger of the RNR and RNVR into the RNR in 1957 the ribbon changed from green with white edges and a central stripe to 5 equal stripes of blue, white, green, white and blue._This medal was superseded by the VRSM in 2000.