Order of wear
Order of wear for decorations and awards within New Zealand's honours system.
Medals in bold are distinctly New Zealand awards.
Special awards
Orders
Decorations
- Grade I – Bailiff or Dame Grand Cross GCStJ
- Grade II – Knight or Dame of Justice or Grace KStJ or DStJ
- Grade III – Chaplain ChStJ
- Grade III – Commander CStJ
- Grade IV – Officer OStJ
- Grade V – Member MStJ
- Grade VI – Esquire EsqStJ
Medals for gallantry and bravery
Medals for meritorious service
Campaign medals
(Worn in order of date of participation in campaign or operation for which awarded.)
Other service medals
Jubilee, Coronation and New Zealand Commemoration medals
Efficiency and long service decorations and medals
Service medals
Commonwealth Independence medals
Instituted by the Sovereign. Worn in order of date of award.
Miscellaneous medals
Commonwealth awards
Instituted by the Sovereign as Head of State, other than in right of New Zealand or the United Kingdom. Worn in order of date of award. At the discretion of the holder, a Commonwealth award may be worn in a position comparable to, but following, the equivalent New Zealand or British Order, Decoration or Medal.
Other Commonwealth awards
Instituted by Commonwealth countries of which the Sovereign is not Head of State. Instituted since 1949, otherwise than by the Sovereign, and awards by the states of Malaysia and the State of Brunei. Worn in order of date of award. These awards may only be worn when The Sovereign’s permission has been given.
United States awards and decorations
These awards may only be worn when the Sovereign’s permission has been given.
Foreign medals
United Nations medals[3]
NATO medals
CSDP medals
References
- ^ "Frequently Asked Medallic Questions". medals.nzdf.mil.nz. New Zealand Defence Force. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ "Order of Wear: Orders, Decorations and Medals in New Zealand". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of New Zealand. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ UN Medal ribbons on NZDF site, for which New Zealand personnel have served
- ^ FOREIGN CAMPAIGN MEDALS AWARDED TO NEW ZEALANDERS – THE EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY (ESDP) SERVICE MEDAL, New Zealand Defence Force, date accessed 2011-07-06.