NEW ZEALAND AWARDS
New Zealand Legion Meritorious Service Medal
LEGION MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
Standing Order No. 2/1931 and subsequent orders and modifications thereof are republished for information:-
1.
There is hereby instituted a Meritorious Service Medal to be issued to members of the Legion on the conditions hereafter laid down.
There is hereby instituted a Meritorious Service Medal to be issued to members of the Legion on the conditions hereafter laid down.2.The medal shall be awarded to members of the Legion who during the prescribed period shall have rendered service of a meritorious nature to the Legion.
The medal shall be awarded to members of the Legion who during the prescribed period shall have rendered service of a meritorious nature to the Legion.3.To be eligible for recommendation for the Meritorious Service Medal a member must have been shown on the roll as an active member at 1 January 1931 (or joined at a date subsequent thereto). He must have served for an unbroken period of at least seven years, during which his subscriptions and other liabilities to the Legion shall have been fully and regularly paid, and he shall not have undergone suspension or other penalty.
To be eligible for recommendation for the Meritorious Service Medal a member must have been shown on the roll as an active member at 1 January 1931 (or joined at a date subsequent thereto). He must have served for an unbroken period of at least seven years, during which his subscriptions and other liabilities to the Legion shall have been fully and regularly paid, and he shall not have undergone suspension or other penalty.4. A command, squadron or troop officer may recommend a member of his command, squadron or troop for the medal., setting forth clearly the grounds on which the recommendation is made, and certifying that the member recommended has always acted in a manner creditable to the Legion, and has attained a reasonable degree of efficiency by regular attendance at parades and other gatherings of his unit or the Legion.
A command, squadron or troop officer may recommend a member of his command, squadron or troop for the medal., setting forth clearly the grounds on which the recommendation is made, and certifying that the member recommended has always acted in a manner creditable to the Legion, and has attained a reasonable degree of efficiency by regular attendance at parades and other gatherings of his unit or the Legion.5.The recommendations shall be considered by the Executive Council, who will decide each case on its merits. Two thirds of the members present at the meeting must be in favour of the grant of the medal. The Executive Council shall have the deciding voice and shall have the right to reject any recommendation without assigning any reason for such rejection.
The recommendations shall be considered by the Executive Council, who will decide each case on its merits. Two thirds of the members present at the meeting must be in favour of the grant of the medal. The Executive Council shall have the deciding voice and shall have the right to reject any recommendation without assigning any reason for such rejection.6.For each further period of three years of approved service a bar be issued on the conditions laid down in paras. 3 and 4 mutatis mutandis.
For each further period of three years of approved service a bar be issued on the conditions laid down in paras. 3 and 4 mutatis mutandis.7.The Meritorious Service Medal shall remain the property of the member to whom it is issued, with the proviso however that should the holder at any time be subjected to any of the penalties under para 4 of Standing Order No. 5 of 1927 (Disciplinary Code) the Executive Council shall have the right to declare the medal forfeited and demand its return.
The Meritorious Service Medal shall remain the property of the member to whom it is issued, with the proviso however that should the holder at any time be subjected to any of the penalties under para 4 of Standing Order No. 5 of 1927 (Disciplinary Code) the Executive Council shall have the right to declare the medal forfeited and demand its return.8.The Meritorious Service Medal must be worn on the right breast.
The Meritorious Service Medal must be worn on the right breast. (Para 8 above was subsequently modified permitting the medal to be worn in Legion uniform, after all other medals) General Order No. 26 dated February 1935, published in Gazette dated February 1935.
Regulations
New Zealand Legion Meritorious Service Medal (2006)
1The Legion of Frontiersmen New Zealand Command has reinstituted the Legion Meritorious Service Medal, the award being conferred on members of New Zealand Headquarters Staff whose service to the Legion is considered to warrant the granting of the decoration.
The Legion of Frontiersmen New Zealand Command has reinstituted the Legion Meritorious Service Medal, the award being conferred on members of New Zealand Headquarters Staff whose service to the Legion is considered to warrant the granting of the decoration.2The medal will be properly known as the "New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal" which is described as a "circular silver medal with the central words "God Guard Thee" and the outside words being Legion of Frontiersmen, on the reverse side the words "for Meritorious Service". The Medal shall be suspended from a bar suspender and a 32 mm wide ribbon being a green ribbon with a brown boarder on each side with a central brown strip.
The medal will be properly known as the "New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal" which is described as a "circular silver medal with the central words "God Guard Thee" and the outside words being Legion of Frontiersmen, on the reverse side the words "for Meritorious Service". The Medal shall be suspended from a bar suspender and a 32 mm wide ribbon being a green ribbon with a brown boarder on each side with a central brown strip.3The medal will be worn above the left breast pocket of the Legion Uniform in accordance with the New Zealand Command order of Wear.
The medal will be worn above the left breast pocket of the Legion Uniform in accordance with the New Zealand Command order of Wear.4In uniform when ribbons only are worn, the wearing of a ribbon bar shall denote the award.
In uniform when ribbons only are worn, the wearing of a ribbon bar shall denote the award.5Those to whom the Medal is awarded may wear Miniature medals on appropriate Legion occasions
Those to whom the Medal is awarded may wear Miniature medals on appropriate Legion occasions
