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New Zealand Defence Meritorious Service Medal; New Zealand Police Meritorious Service Medal; New Zealand Public Service Medal; New Zealand Armed Forces Award; New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (formerly the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Military) Royal New Zealand Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; Royal New ...
Authorised for British Army wear on 29 August 1815. Several other ribbons were worn unofficially. [15] Yellow Cord: Medal for Egypt: 31 July 1802: 8 March – 31 August 1801: HEIC Issue. Awarded in gold to senior officers, and silver to all others eligible. [15] Army Gold Medal: 1806: 1808–1814: Issued to senior officers with battle/action ...
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 ...
Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines; Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces; Queen's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces; Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces; Cadet Forces Medal; H.M. Coastguard Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; Special Constabulary Long ...
For example, the British Empire Medal temporarily ceased to be awarded in the UK in 1993, as was the companion level award of the Imperial Service Order (although its medal is still used). The British Empire Medal was revived, however, in 2012 with 293 BEMs awarded for the 2012 Birthday Honours , and has continued to be awarded in some other ...
The Military Medal was discontinued in 1993, as part of the review of the British honours system, which recommended removing distinctions of rank in respect of awards for bravery. Since then the Military Cross, previously only open to Commissioned and Warrant Officers , has been awarded to all ranks. [ 14 ]
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 Meritorious and Long Service medals which have been independently issued by New Zealand to its armed forces are in bold.
The Victoria Cross for New Zealand was established in 1999 when New Zealand created a new award system that replaced several British honours with New Zealand awards. It is based on the original British Victoria Cross introduced in 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War.