THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
ELIZABETH R
ROYAL WARRANT
WHEREAS We are desirous of signifying Our appreciation of the long service and good conduct of airmen of the Regular Ai Force of Our Royal New Zealand Air Force, which has hitherto been recognised by the award of a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal of the same design as that awarded to Our Royal Air Force:
We do by these presents of Us, Our Heirs and Successors, institute and create a new medal:
1 Style -
The Medal shall be designated and styled "The Royal New Zealand Air Force Long Service and
Good Conduct Medal".
2 Description
The Medal shall be of silver and circular in shape, bearing on the obverse the Uncrowned Effigy
of the Sovereign, and on the reverse a representation of an eagle with outstretched wings,
surmounted by a Royal Crown encircled by the inscription "For Long Service and Good Conduct"
.
3 Ribbon
The Medal shall be worn from the left breast suspended from a ribon, 32 mm in width, of equal
stripes of blue and red edged in white.
4 Eligibility
Those eligible for the Medal shall be airmen of the Regular Air Force of Our Royal New Zealand
Air Force, serving on or after the 1st day of December 1977, whose character and conduct have
been irreproachable and who are recommended by their commanding officer.
5 Service required
The qualifying period requisite for the Medal shall be 15 years full-time service, or an aggrigate
of 15 years full-time service, in the Regular Air Force of Our Royal New Zealand Air Force.
6 Clasps
a
A Clasp to the Medal, to be attached to the ribbon when the medal itself is worn, may be
awarded for each additional 15 years of fulltime service subsequent to those for which the Medal was awarded.
bFor each Clasp awarded, a silver rosette shall be added to the ribbon when worn alone.
7 Reckoning of service
aSubject to subclause (2) of this clause, the following service may be reckoned towards
the qualifying period for the award of the Medal or any Clasp thereof:
i Service in the Regular Air Force of Our Royal New Zealand Air Force or the regular
air force of a country of the Commonwealth of which We are Queen (other than service that
has been recognised by the award of a decoration or medal for long service):
ii Where an airman has been appointed to a commission inthe Regular Air Force of
Our Royal New Zealand Air Force, the qualifying service for the Medal shall be 15
years and those 15 years shall include at least 12 years service as an airman:
iii Where an airman has been appointed to a commission in the Regular Air Force of
Our Royal New Zealand Air Force has, before being so appointed, been awarded the Royal
New Zealand Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, the qualifying service for
the award of the Clasp shall be 15 years from the award of the Medal and those 15 years
shall include at least 7 years service as an airman:
iv Service in any force not involving full-time service being a force that is a reserve,
militia, territorial, volunteer or auxiliary air force or other force of New Zealand or of any
other country of the Commonwealth of which We are Queen, if -
a The reserve or militia or force is declared liable or is otherwise liable for
contiuous service in an emergency;
and
bThe member of the reserve or militia or force actually renders full-time service.
bService before the age of 17 1/2 years shall not be reckonable
8 Registration -
The names of all those to whom the Medal is awarded shall be recoded in a register kept by the Secretry of Defence of Our Realm of New Zealand.
9 Names of recipients -
The name of the recipient shall be engraved or stamped on the rim of the medal
10 Order of wear -
In the official list showing the order in which Orders, Decorations, and Medals shall be worn, the Royal New Zealand Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal shall in Our realm of New Zealand be placed immediately after Our Royal New Zealand Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
11 Miniatures -
aReproductions of the Medal in miniature, which may be worn on certain occasions by those to whom the Medal is awarded, shall be approximately half the size of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
bA sealed pattern of the miniature Medal shall be deposited with and kept by the Secretary of defence in Our Realm of New Zealand.
12 Delegated powers -
Delegated powers to make awards under the terms of this Our Warrant shall be vested in Our
Defence Council in New Zealand, which shall be competent to make such orders as to the award of the Medalas may be necessary from time to time in amplification of this Our Royal
Warrant.
13 Forfeiture and restoration -
It shall be competent of Our Defence Council in New Zealand -
aTo cancel and annul the conferrment of the Medal or any Clasp thereof on any person;
and
bWhere it has cancelled or annulled the conferment of the Medal or any Clasp thereof on
any person, to restore the Medal of Clasp to that person.
14 Annulment -
We reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors, fullpower of annulling, altering, abrogating,
augmenting, interpreting, or dispensing with this Our Royal Warrant, or any part thereof, by a
notification under Our Sign Manual.
Given at Our Court of Saint James's, this 6th day of May 1985, in the 34th Year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command,
DAVID LANGE.
Prime Minister of New Zealand
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This note is not part of the warrant, but is intended to indicate the general effect.
The Royal Warrant establishes "The Royal New Zealand Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal".
The long service and good conduct of airmen of the Regular Air Force of the Royal New Zealand Air Force has previously been recognised by the award of the Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal as provided for in a Royal Warrant dated 12 December 1947.
The new medal (which is of the design traditionally awarded to airmen of the Royal New Zealand Air Force) is specific to New Zealand and is to be awarded to airmen of the Regular Air Force of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
The conditions for the award of the new medal are similar to those for the award of the New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and the Royal New Zealand Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
