East Timor Medal

Infobox Military Award
name= East Timor Medal


caption= Obverse (top left) and reverse (top right) of the medal. Ribbon: 32mm, broad green central stripe flanked by narrow red, wider black, and white stripes towards the edges.
awarded_by= New Zealand
type= Campaign medal
eligibility= New Zealand forces and civilian personnel.
for= Campaign service.
campaign= East Timor.
description= Silvered alloy disk, 36mm diameter.
clasps=

East Timor

established= 25 April 2000
total= 5,000


caption2=

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The East Timor Medal is a New Zealand campaign medal, authorised in 2000, for award to New Zealanders who have served in East Timor from the commencement of the New Zealand involvement in June 1999 until 27 April 2006

This campaign medal is unique in that it has been awarded to civilians from more than a dozen New Zealand government, philanthropic, or commercial organisations. These organisations have included the New Zealand Red Cross, Oxfam, Department of Corrections, New Zealand Customs Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Quarantine Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, the International Olympic Committee, Airways Consulting Ltd, Vincent Aviation, and Radiola Corporation Ltd, as well as the New Zealand Defence Force. The award of the East Timor Medal to these New Zealand civilians recognises their valuable participation in New Zealand's efforts to protect and assist the East Timorese people, and in the reconstruction of East Timor.

Bibliography

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

* Crawford, J and Harper, G - "Operation East Timor: The New Zealand Defence Force in East Timor, 1999-2001", (2001), Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd

External links

* [http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/c/c7.html New Zealand Defence Force - Medal information page]
* [http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/c7warrant.html New Zealand Defence Force - Text of the Royal authorisation warrant]
** [http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/c7warrantamend.html New Zealand Defence Force - Amendment to Royal authorisation warrant]