New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Non-Warlike)

New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Non-Warlike)
Obverse (top left) and reverse (top right) of the medal. Ribbon: 32mm, dark blue with a central white stripe flanked by two red stripes.
Awarded by New Zealand
Type	Campaign medal
Eligibility	New Zealand forces.
Awarded for	Campaign service.
Campaign	Non-warlike operations 1954-.
Description	Bronze disk, 38mm diameter.
Clasps	Korea 1954-57 Thailand Sinai Indian Ocean Peshawar Iraq Somalia Mozambique Cambodia Rwanda Arabian Gulf Bougainville Korea 1958-2000
Statistics
Established	7 May 1992

The New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Non-Warlike) (NZGSM 1992) is a New Zealand campaign medal, authorised in 1992, for award to New Zealanders who have served in peacekeeping operations for which no separate UN medal was issued.

Each operation covered by the medal was represented by a clasp on the ribbon; twelve clasps have been issued to date, covering operations from 1954 to the present. The medal is never issued without a clasp.^[1]

The NZGSM 1992 was issued in two varieties - one for warlike service, and another for non-warlike service. Non-warlike operations were commemorated by this medal, operational deployments were commemorated by the NZGSM 1992 (Warlike) in silver.

This medal was replaced in 2002 by the New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 - all operations commencing on after 1 January 2000 will be recognised by awards of this new medal. However the NZGSM 1992 will continue to be issued with the clasp Sinai for so long as that deployment continues, all other operations recognised by this medal have now ceased.

Clasps

• Korea 1954-57^[2]

• Thailand^[3]

• Sinai^[4]

• Indian Ocean^[5]

• Peshawar^[6]

• Iraq^[7]

• Somalia^[8]

• Mozambique^[9]

• Cambodia^[10]

• Rwanda^[11]

• Arabian Gulf^[12]

• Bougainville^[13]

• Korea 1958-2000^[14]

Notes

1. ^ Royal warrant s.4
2. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea 1954-57) Regulations 2002
3. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - New Zealand General Service Medal (Thailand) Regulations 2003
4. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - New Zealand General Service Medal (Sinai) Regulations 1992
5. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - New Zealand General Service Medal (Indian Ocean) Regulations 2002
6. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - The New Zealand General Service Medal (Peshawar) Regulations 1994
7. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - The New Zealand General Service Medal (Iraq) Regulations 1994
8. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - The New Zealand General Service Medal (Somalia) Regulations 1994
9. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - The New Zealand General Service Medal (Mozambique) Regulations 1995
10. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - The New Zealand General Service Medal (Cambodia) Regulations 1995
11. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - New Zealand General Service Medal (Rwanda) Regulations 2002
12. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - New Zealand General Service Medal (Arabian Gulf) Regulations 2001
13. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - New Zealand General Service Medal (Bougainville) Regulations 2001
14. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea 1958-2000) Regulations 2008

Bibliography

• Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - Medals Yearbook - 2005, (2004), Token Publishing.

External links

• New Zealand Defence Force - Medal information page
• New Zealand Defence Force - Text of the Royal authorisation warrant
  • New Zealand Defence Force - Amendment to Royal authorisation warrant