FREE! Personal name label:

We will print a label FREE, with the individual service number, last name, initials, Corp and/or branch of military service. The branches are Navy, Army and Air Force. The label will be fixed to the back of each set of court mounted medals, or sent separately. For example, NZ12345 STUMPWATER A. B. RNZN Be sure to send personal service details with the medals.

Costings

No. Mount Pin SubTotal Pack/Post Total 1. 15.00 8.50 25.50 4.50 30.00 2. 30.00 10.50 40.50 4.50 45.00 3. 45.00 10.50 55.50 4.50 60.00 4. 60.00 10.50 70.50 4.50 75.00 5. 75.00 10.50 85.50 4.50 90.00 6. 90.00 10.50 100.50 4.50 105.00 7. 105.00 10.50 115.50 4.50 120.00 8. 120.00 10.50 130.50 4.50 135.00 9. 135.00 10.50 145.50 4.50 150.00 10. 150.00 10.50 160.50 4.50 165.00

FREE - Fastening Medals to Garment When FOUR or more medals are mounted we will supply you the method and instructions to fasten medals to outer garments, as like members of Royal Households. This eliminates inserting a brooch pin through a garment. The method also eliminates suspending medals from a pocket holder, which can damage stitching on top pockets. Introduced 5 November 2006.

Miniature Medals Costs The GST inclusive cost for mounting miniatures is $9.00 per medal, brooch pin $9.50, and pack and post $4.50 if mailed as a separate package.

Riband Bars

The full range of riband bars can be made up for you, from World War I through to current military service. Contact us for pricing.

Replica Medals for Sale

The full range of replica medals are available from us, from World War I through to the East Timor medals. See the replica medals page via the following link... E-mail us for enquiries and quotes... Available as a full or miniature medal, the replicas are of the highest quality. Email us now with your requirements and a quote.

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Apply for New Zealand Military Medals

If you are entitled to New Zealand military medals, apply for them by writing to the New Zealand Defence Forces medals section. Contact details are shown below.

The New Zealand Operational Service medal is awarded to military service men and women, and some civilians, who served New Zealand off-shore on operational service since the end of World War II in 1945. You may qualify, or you may someone who does, because of service in:

| Japan, | Berlin airlift, | Near East, | Korea, | Malaya, | Malaysian Peninsula, | Borneo, | Vietnam, | Gulf War

Eligibility for the New Zealand Operations Service medal also applies for peace-keeping missions in areas that include:

| Africa,  | Balkans, | Mediterranean, | South Asia, | South-East Asia, | Pacific |  Kuwait | Afghanistan | East Timor | Kosovo | Solomon Islands |  Iraq |

To start the process to claim medals entitlement, write or email to:
  Staff Officer Medals
  Personnel Archives
  NZDEF
  Private Bag 905
  UPPER HUTT

or, email by clicking on this link medals@nzdf.mil.nz

Provide the following information that is identifiable, including that for next of kin if possible, to assist military Archives staff locate files:

  - Service Number
  - Surname
  - Full Given Names and any other names you are known by
  - Date and Place of Birth
  - Rank and Service (Army / Navy/ Airforce)
  - Regiment / Battalion/ Unit / Ship
  - Period of Service

If applicable; Next of Kin, Address and Occupation at time of Enlistment
Include your current address and contact phone number in all communications.

World War One Records All records for New Zealander's who served during WWI are held at Archives New Zealand, PO Box 12 050, Wellington.

Latest Medal Awarded - New Zealand General Service Medal clasped VIETNAM

February 29, 2008.
Her Majesty The Queen has approved the extension of eligibility for the New Zealand General Service Medal (NZGSM) 1992 [Warlike] with clasp VIETNAM to personnel currently eligible for the Vietnam Medal, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Phil Goff announced today.

Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force is now accepting applications from Vietnam veterans for the NZGSM with clasp 'Vietnam'. Eligible persons should complete an official application form, and forward the form to: The Medals Office, Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force, Private Bag 905, Upper Hutt.

Veterans and surviving spouse/families of deceased veterans who are registered with Veterans' Affairs New Zealand will be mailed an application form. Copies of this form may also be downloaded from the medal application forms page of the New Zealand Defence Force medals website

A written application is required in order to establish eligibility and to ensure that the correct information is engraved on individual medals. The application includes a section where the applicant can indicate if he or she wishes to have the medal presented at Tribute '08 in Wellington, or delivered by courier.

Military Campaigns involving New Zealand  Back to Index

Military campaigns New Zealanders have been involved in include the Boer War, World War I and World War II, in Japan as occupation forces following the Second World War, and the Korea War in the early 1950's. That was followed by the Malayan Emergency from the mid-1950's to early 1960's. In the mid 1960's New Zealanders were involved with Malaysia in its confrontation with Indonesia by active service on the Malay Peninsula mainland and in Borneo. Commitment to the war in South Vietnam was undertaken from late 1960's until the early 1970's. Other global issues involving New Zealand military forces have included Rhodesia, mine clearing in Cambodia, the Gulf War, peace keeping in East Timor and a combat force in Afghanistan. Overall, the major countries in which New Zealand Military forces have been engaged in outside the borders of their own country include France, Germany, Italy, North Africa, Burma, Southwest Pacific region, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Cambodia, Rhodesia, Middle East, East Timor, and Afghanistan.

New Zealand Military Campaign Medal Awards - In a Nutshell  Back to Index

The system of medallic issue is based on Honours, Decorations, and Awards. The order in which Orders, Decorations and Medals are worn in New Zealand is prescribed Cabinet of the New Zealand Government. However, only medals approved by the New Zealand Sovereign, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, may be worn by serving military personnel. Military forces active and non-active medallic issue is primarily for Gallantry, Bravery, Distinguished Conduct, and Campaigns. The following is a summary of the Campaign medals in a nutshell, consisting of War, operational, Peace keeping, and Special Service. Worn in date of order, awards include: Campaign Stars and Medals awarded for service in the Second World War. New Zealand Operational Service Medal [awarded for operational service after 3 September 1945] New Zealand Service Medal 1946-1949 Korea Medal United Nations Korea War Medal Naval General Service Medal [1915-1962] General Service Medal [Army and RAF] [1918-1962] General Service Medal [1962] Vietnam Medal [1964] Republic of South Vietnam War Medal [1960-] New Zealand General Service Medal [1992] The New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Non-Warlike) East Timor Medal The New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Solomon Islands) The New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Afghanistan)Primary and Secondary The New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Iraq 2003) The New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Timor-Leste) The New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Korea) United Nations Medals and United Nations Special Service Medals [UN] North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Medals [NATO} *Korea War Service Medal *The Korea War Service medal issued by the Korean Government in 2001 is a Commemorative medal for the 50th anniversary of the Korea War. It is worn after Foreign award medals.

New Zealand Honours, Decorations and Awards

The Honours, Decorations and Awards applicable for New Zealand is administered by the Director, Honours Secretariat, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

The full range of Honours, Decorations and Awards medal images, including past era's, can be seen at the New Zealand Defence Force website.

Order of Wear

Check the order in which honours and medals are worn by clicking here New Zealand Defence Force medals.

Medals Gallery Back to Index

Pingat Jasa Malaysia Award [Malaysia Honour Medal]

The approved Pingat Jasa Malaysia, Malaysia Honour Medal, is an award in appreciation of service in Malaysia with the Commonwealth Strategic Reserve from Independence on 31 August 1957 to 31 December 1966. The award is to all members of Civil Servants, Police and the Armed Forces under the Commonwealth, this includes New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. The Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal is being distributed to qualified personnel throughout New Zealand. However, many who are eligible have yet to apply for issue of the medal. Applications for the Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal from eligible New Zealand personnel and deceased next-of-kin are being administered by the New Zealand Defence Forces Medals Office as agent for the Malaysian Government. Information on eligibility is detailed at the New Zealand Defence Force website. This includes the various RNZN ships that served in the region. Applications for the Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal by eligible personnel are made in the format as described at Applying for Medals, where application forms can be downloaded for living and deceased persons. For next-of kin making application for posthumous issue of the award on behalf of a deceased veteran, click here to download an application form. Order of Wear for Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal The Pingat Jasa Malaysia is an award from a Commonwealth nation of which The Queen is not head of state. The medal is worn before all foreign awards, such as the South Vietnamese Campaign Medal,and after awards from Commonwealth countries of which The Queen is head of state, such as Australian awards including INTERFET for example. The Order of Wear involving the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal for example is: The International Force East Timor (INTERFET) Medal The Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) Medal Foreign award medals follow the above medals, worn in order of date of award: The South Vietnamese Campaign Medal The Multinational Force and Observers Medal The Korea War Service medal follows the Foreign awards because it is a Commemorative medal. An edict of the South Korean Government is that it only be issued to living persons. Updated 12 July 2006.

World War I Medallion This World War I medallion is in the clubrooms of the Morrinsville Returned Services Association, New Zealand. It is typical of those cast with individual names of military forces personnel killed in action during the First World War and presented to their immediate next-of-kin.

Wearing of Decorations and Medals by Next of Kin or Family Members The insignia of any order, decoration or medal, including miniatures, lapel badges and ribbons, may only be worn by the person to whom they were awarded. There is a convention or custom that is widely understood that the next of kin and other relatives may wear, on the right side only, on ANZAC and similar days of remembrance, the service medals of deceased military personnel. The convention is a matter of personal discretion, is limited to days of remembrance and applies only to service medals and decorations mounted on a medal bar (full-size or miniature) and not neck badges, sashes and badges, or breast stars.

Medal Mounting Facts   Back to Index

Medals Order of Wear When ribbons alone are worn, up to four ribbons can be mounted in one row on a ribbon bar before a second row centered above the first is started. The senior medal ribbon is displayed on the top row closest to the lapel and the junior medal on the bottom row furtherest from the lapel. We can advise on mounting and correct Order of Wear.

Court Mounting Style The Court style presents your medals with ceremonial excellence! The style evolved from within the Royal Courts to eliminate the noise of medals clinking together as a wearer went about the court business. Hence, this style is the accepted standard for medals mounting that includes ensuring the medal itself is fastened. The swing style can contribute early damage to the face of medals and ribbon. Back to top of page. Medals Etiquette It is dictated by etiquette that medals be worn in court-mounted style when in Royal and Vice-Regal presence, and on full ceremonial occasions. Medals Width Often there is doubt about the quality of a job when the owner sees medals mounted and overlapped. The simple answer is that a single group of medals should not exceed a width of 163mm. Thus, the normal ribbon is 32mm wide. An average group of five WWII medals mounted side-by-side, with tolerance for butting of ribbon edges, can equal 163mm. For six or more medals the group is overlapped to equal 160mm, on average. There are exceptions in order to maintain balance that include Honours, Decorations, and Awards for campaigns. For example, the ribbon width for some Honours, Korean and Vietnam war medals is 35mm to 38mm wide. Medals Length The length of a mounted military medal should not be less than 90mm, nor longer than 95mm. Requests for specifications outside these parameters will be met, however, please do not be offended if we point the preceding specifications in the first instance. Medals Obverse/Reverse Sides There are two sides to a medal, the obverse side and reverse. The obverse side is normally referred to as the 'face' side and consists of depictions of a monarch or coat of arms. The reverse side can include depictions of a variety of symbolics. The correct order of medals mounting is the obverse side outermost, or to the front.

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