Prior to 1946 the New Zealand armed forces received honours of the United Kingdom, including military decorations and campaign medals. Since the end of World War 2 there have been constant moves towards an independent New Zealand honours system. This has resulted in a new system of New Zealand honours, gallantry and bravery awards, and campaign medals.
The following are a list, in order of precedence as defined in references below. Those campaign medals which have been independently issued by New Zealand to its armed forces are in bold.[1]
19th century
South African War
World War I
World War II
1939–1945 Star
Atlantic Star
Air Crew Europe Star
Africa Star
Pacific Star
Burma Star
Italy Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939–1945
New Zealand War Service Medal
Post World War II
New Zealand Operational Service Medal
New Zealand Service Medal 1946–1949
Korea Medal
Naval General Service Medal (1915)
General Service Medal 1918–62
General Service Medal 1962
Vietnam Medal
Rhodesia Medal
New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Warlike)
New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Non-Warlike)
East Timor Medal
21st century
NZGSM 2002 (Solomon Islands)
NZGSM 2002 (Afghanistan) – Primary Operations Area
NZGSM 2002 (Afghanistan) – Secondary Operations Area
NZGSM 2002 (Iraq 2003)
NZGSM 2002 (Timor-Leste)
NZGSM 2002 (Korea)
NZGSM 2002 (Counter-Piracy)
NZGSM 2002 (Iraq 2015)
NZGSM 2002 (Greater Middle East)
New Zealand Special Service Medals
New Zealand Special Service Medal (Nuclear Testing)
New Zealand Special Service Medal (Erebus)
New Zealand Special Service Medal (Asian Tsunami)
See also
- New Zealand Honours Order of Precedence
- Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand
- New Zealand gallantry awards
- New Zealand bravery awards
References
- ^ "The Wearing of Medals in New Zealand Table". New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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