Medals Reunited New Zealand© | Reuniting Lost Medals & Families

WW1 - WELLINGTON, NZ. New Zealand soldiers have seen combat in conflicts since colonial times, their valour earning many awards for gallantry. Sadly, impoverished circumstances saw many medals sold, separating the soldier's descendants from the evidence of their relative's bravery in those land, sea, and air battles.
TYNE COT CEMETERY - YPRES, BELGIUM. During the Great War (1914-1918) over 60,000 New Zealander's were killed, wounded, died or missing while serving the Empire at Gallipoli, on the fields of Flanders, at Ypres, on the Somme and other bloody battlegrounds, as well as at sea and in the skies overhead.
ANZAC MOUNTED SOLDIERS, UK. This photo encapsulates the spirit of the early ANZAC soldiers. Riding and training together, a soldier of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and an Australian Light Horseman in England, circa 1915.
GALLIPOLI MEMORIAL, ANZAC COVE. The ANZAC spirit was born of conflicts in which Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought side by side against a common enemy through two world wars and on many other regional battlefields since.
1939 - THE GREAT ADVENTURE BEGINS. An air of excitement and expectation buoyed these 2 NZEF soldiers as they boarded all manner of transports that would carry them to the embarkation ports of Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland to the waiting troopships bound for the battle fronts of WW II.
THE FINAL ROLL CALL. 12 of the remaining 25 men of the New Zealand 28th (Maori) Battalion who saw combat across North Africa and Italy, gathered in Wellington on December 1st, 2012 to mark the end of their official association. Regarded as the most courageous of soldiers with a fearsome reputation in battle, the unit received 99 honours and awards - the highest number of the 11 New Zealand infantry battalions in the Second World War - AKE AKE KIA KAHA
KEI WAREWARE TATOU ... LEST WE FORGET

Welcome to Medals Reunited New Zealand©

Established in 2014, Medals Reunited New Zealand© is a voluntary service of ex-military career servicemen who are dedicated to reuniting military medals & ephemera that have been found, with descendant families. Our self-funded service is 100% not-for-profit, and FREE from any fees or charges.

We will attempt to trace the family or near descendant of any named medal, or item of military ephemera sent to us.

Your are welcome to advertised your MISSING medals on this website FREE of charge, provided the medals were named. Un-named medals generally remain untraceable. Note: WW2 NZ and UK campaign medals were issued un-named.

MEDALS ~ LOST A list of medals that have been lost, sold, stolen or are missing for reasons unknown, that family descendants are looking for. All requests will be verified by MRNZ before posting.

MEDALS ~ FOUND A list of medals (and items of ephemera) that has been sent to MRNZ. These may be claimed at no cost, by proven descendants who satisfy MRNZ’s claim requirements.

MEDAL SEARCH Helpful hints to assist you with your own search for medals that may be lost or missing from your family.

MEDAL PROTOCOL The Do’s and Don’ts of where, when and how to wear medals in New Zealand.

MEDAL TECH The terminology and technical aspects associated with medals and ribbons.

Please Note: Tracing descendant kin to return medals to keeps MRNZ fully engaged. As a consequence, we are unable to conduct individual searches for family medals.

Watch forNEW stories of recently REUNITED MEDALS posted on the website, plus the additions and up-dates that regularly appear on the LOST and FOUND pages.

Please enjoy the website … we welcome your suggestions for correction or improvement.

Ian D. Martyn
Founder – Director – Website Administrator

“In Alorium Servitium “

LAURENCE FREDERICK BLOMFIELD ~ Auckland marine engineer’s WW1 medal reunited with his 96 year old daughter.

65936 ~ LAURENCE FREDERICK BLOMFIELD James is an ex-pat Kiwi who has lived in Australia since the 1970s. During a recent clean out of a room in his Gold Coast home, James came across some of the collected treasures that had belonged to his parents and at one time graced the family home. One […]

ORCHARD, BEHAN, GRAINGER ~ Stolen bag of NZ & AUST medals handed in to Whakatane Police ~ owners found on both sides of the Tasman.

~ ORCHARD (NZ), BEHAN & GRAINGER (AUST) ~ It is a relatively rare occasion when I am contacted by the NZ Police for help with reuniting medals, but two requests within two weeks was unprecedented! Just after I had wrapped up the ELVY medal case for the Avondale Police (see previous post), I turned […]

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LAURENCE FREDERICK BLOMFIELD ~ Auckland marine engineer’s WW1 medal reunited with his 96 year old daughter.

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Recent Posts

JAMES McCONNELL ~ Boer War & WW1 medals found in Otago publican's desk in the Teviot Valley.

Preview: The HERB NEWMAN Story~ Medals take the long way home.

Preview: The JAMES McCONNELL Story ~ Millers Flat, Otago.

SIDNEY ANTHONY HILL ~ Great War medals of a Christchurch foundry worker donated to Auckland Salvo's Family Store.

CLINT HUIA SORENSEN ~ Navy medals for service in East Timor & Arabian Gulf abandoned in Timaru letterbox.

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