ISSUE OF WAR MEDALS
BRITISH JIKDAL WILL OAJSRY. CLASPS. It is officially notified that the medals nuprornl for service during the Great War, also their ribands, will Iw worn in tho following order:-(l) .1914 or !9U--15 Star; (2) British War Medal; 1914-19; (3) Mercantile Marine. War Medal; (i) •Victory. Modal. Tho theatres of war with which tho membsrs of the. New Zealand Expeditionary Forces are conwrnwl are definod as follow:—(n) France. Belgium, between midnight August 4-5, 1914, and- midnight November 11-12, 1918; (b) Italy between midnight April 17-18, 1917, and midnight November 4-5, 1016; (c) Greek Macedonia, Serb's, Bulciirin, and European Turkey lielween midnight, October 4-5, 1915, and midnight, November 11-12, 1318; (d).Gallipoli and Islands of Aegean Sea lx-tween midnight April 24-25. 1915- ;ujd midnight January 9-10, 1910; (e) Esypt belwecn midnight' November 1-5. I!H4, .-uul midnight March 18-19, 191G; localities covered by operations tionducted by the Kg.vptiar. Kxpoditioiwo , Fora; let ween midnijrht Maivh IS-li). 1910. mxl ■midnight October 3-Novembcr 1, 1918, -but excluding operation" for which (lie Sultan'.* Sudan Medal hes l>T?n awarded; Or) 'Mesolidtamia from niidn'glit NovemTjer . r i-C, I(it4; (h) Pr-rsia from midnight November 5-6, 191-1; (:) German Samoa on August 29, 1914, The iJrilisli War .Medal ' will carry okfips, but it has not yet been decided whether thew will relate to localities or periods. I'robnbly they will refer to thi! latter. No clasps will be issue;! with the Victory Medal. .'
Allogftthc-r it is, cxpf-ctcd ..thai, .over 200.000 war medals will be distributed in New Wolnnd, these ui'luding K».OoOHril'ish AVnr Jfelnls, 191-4-19. and 100.000 -Vic.tory Medals. The Officer in. Cliargp. N.Z.E.F. Recnrdii, is the .«ile authority for (Ipchlmik the number of medals caoh member of the- N.K.E.F. is entitled to iweive. Where indiv'diials are. in iloubt. as to whether they hnve qualified for jmrlieulur n:odiils'nntl pre entitled to wear the ribands of Rami' they should apply <lire;t to I ho(lflieor in Charge, X./i.K.K Records, llaso Records Office, Wellington;-■ Indiriduals who served in Br'Hsh units ,im! not in Ilio X.Z.K.R should a-pply d'reet. to tho Officer in Charge Records of 'the unit with wiiicii they served.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 51, 24 November 1919, Page 2
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347ISSUE OF WAR MEDALS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 51, 24 November 1919, Page 2
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