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Category Archives: Medals
Update on South East Asia Medal – 29 May 2012
The Medallic Recognition Joint Working Group received 68 submissions on service in South-East Asia. After considering the submissions, the Joint Working Group submitted an interim report to the Minister of Defence in November 2011. The Joint Working Group is currently … Continue reading
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Wearing of Medals – Guidance
The rules governing medal wearing in New Zealand known as the Order of Wear specifically allows family members to wear medals of the deceased on the right side for national days of memorial like Anzac Day and Remembrance Day (11 … Continue reading
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Update on South East Asia 1950-2011 Review
The Medallic Recognition Joint Working Group received 68 submissions on service in South-East Asia. After considering the submissions, the Joint Working Group submitted an interim report to the Minister of Defence in November 2011. The Joint Working Group is currently … Continue reading
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British Servicemen and the PJM
The British Government is to instruct the HD Committee that British Servicemen awarded the PJM have the right to wear it. For more details Click HERE
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SIXTY YEAR OLDS CAN NOW APPLY FOR NEW MEDAL
Applications for the New Zealand Defence Service Medal (NZDSM) have now opened for ex-Service personnel who are 60 years of age and over. Until today the New Zealand Defence Force’s Medals Office was accepting applications for the NZDSM only from … Continue reading
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Medals for Military service in South-East Asia 1950 to 2011
The Government has directed a Joint Working Group to review medallic recognition for military service in South-East Asia from 1950 to the current day. The public consultation phase of this review started today. Many military personnel who served in South-East … Continue reading
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Are you Eligible for a Medal by Deployment?
Medals by RNZN Deployment 3 September 1945 to 2011 The table below lists the operational service medals and special service medals earnt for service on Royal New Zealand Navy deployments since 3 September 1945. Applications for these medals by ex-RNZN … Continue reading
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Review of Long Service Awards – Update
Good progress is being made on the Review of Long Service Awards in the New Zealand Armed Forces with Phase One (Principles for the Medallic Recognition of Long Service in the New Zealand Armed Forces) being signed off by the … Continue reading
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NZDSM – Order of Wear
Finally, I received the drop copy of the Order of Wear document which was agreed and signed by the Governor General on 1 June 2011. Click HERE to view the document. This document will eventually be uploaded to the NZDF … Continue reading
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NZDSM – Where do I wear it?
Some of you lucky chaps will already be in receipt of the new New Zealand Defence Service Medal (NZDSM). Apart from knowing that you are over 70 years of age you now need to know where you wear it. … Continue reading
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