New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Greater Middle East)

New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Greater Middle East)
Obverse and reverse of the medal
Awarded by New Zealand
Type	Campaign medal
Eligibility	New Zealand Defence Force and others serving on a New Zealand Government deployment to support general regional security operations.
Awarded for	Service in the Middle East since 7 December 2014.
Description	Silver disk, 38mm diameter.
Clasps	None authorized
Statistics
Established	28 July 2016
Ribbon of the medal

The New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Greater Middle East) is a New Zealand campaign medal for service in the Middle East since 7 December 2014.

Criteria

The New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (NZGSM 2002) was established by royal warrant to recognize service since 2000.^[1] The NZGSM 2002 (Iraq 2015) was authorized by regulation on 28 July 2016. Individuals eligible for award of the medal will have served in the operational area since 7 December 2014 as part of or with New Zealand Government deployment for general regional security operations. These eligible individuals will have been members of the New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand police employees, employees or contractors of a government department who are New Zealand citizens or residents, and any others who the Minister of Defence, on the advice of the Chief of Defence Force, determines is eligible for the medal.^[2]

References

↑ "The New Zealand General Service Medal (SR 2002/226)". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
↑ "New Zealand General Service Medal (Greater Middle East) Regulations 2016". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

New Zealand campaign medals

19th century	New Zealand Medal

Second Boer War	Queen's South Africa Medal • King's South Africa Medal

World War One	1914–15 Star • British War Medal • Victory Medal Mercantile Marine War Medal •

World War Two	1939–1945 Star • Atlantic Star • Arctic Star • Air Crew Europe Star • Africa Star • Pacific Star • Burma Star • Italy Star • France and Germany Star • Defence Medal • War Medal • New Zealand War Service Medal (1939–45)

General Service	Naval General Service Medal (1915–62) • General Service Medal (1918–62) • General Service Medal (1962–2003) • New Zealand Operational Service Medal (1945–present)

Post-World War II	New Zealand Service Medal 1946–1949 (1946–49) • Korea Medal (1950–53) • Vietnam Medal (1964–73) • Rhodesia Medal (1979-1980) • New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Warlike) (1956–1991) • New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Non-Warlike) (1954–present) • East Timor Medal (1999–2006)

21st century	NZGSM 2002 (Solomon Islands)(2000–2013) • NZGSM 2002 (Afghanistan) – Primary Operations Area (2001–present) • NZGSM 2002 (Afghanistan) – Secondary Operations Area (2001–present) • NZGSM 2002 (Iraq 2003) (2003–present) • NZGSM 2002 (Timor-Leste) (2006–2012) • NZGSM 2002 (Korea) (2001–present) • NZGSM 2002 (Counter-Piracy) (2009–present) • NZGSM 2002 (Iraq 2015) (2014–present) • NZGSM 2002 (Greater Middle East) (2014–present)

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New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Greater Middle East)

Criteria

See also

References