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
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Welcome to Medals Reunited New Zealand©

Established in 2014, Medals Reunited New Zealand© is a voluntary service of former career military men who are dedicated to returning FOUND, PRE-OWNED and anonymously DONATED medals to families or a near descendant. Our FREE service is self-funded and 100% not-for-profit. It is also FREE from any administrative, postal or insurance charges.

We will attempt to trace the family or near descendant of any NAMED medal entrusted to us while the search is undertaken.

If you are a family member or descendant, you are welcome to advertise your lost/missing or stolen medals on this website FREE of charge. Un-named medals are generally untraceable and so cannot be listed, unless accompanied by at least one medal known to be named.

Please note: unlike World War 1 medals, World War 2 campaign stars & war service medals issued to NZ and UK personnel were UN-NAMED.

MEDALS ~ FOUND Medals (and Ephemera) that MRNZ is holding. May be claimed by any proven descendant on proof of identity.

MEDALS ~ LOST Medals descendant families are looking for who have registered their contact details with MRNZ.

MEDAL SEARCHES … Tracing descendant kin to return the medals that we hold keeps MRNZ fully engaged. Regrettably we are unable to undertake requests to search for family medals, but here you will find helpful hints to assist you initiate your own search.

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

MEDAL TECH … The terminology and technical aspects associated with orders, decorations, medals and ribbons.

REUNITED MEDAL POSTS … Watch for NEW stories of successfully reunited medals posted on our website and Facebook page.

Please enjoy the website, suggestions for correction or improvement are always welcome.

Ian D Martyn
Director ~ Founder ~ Website Administrator

‘in alorium servitium ‘

LYTHGOE, JAMES ~ A gutsy young Central Otago man from Bald Hill Flat survived despite a heart condition.

61321 ~ JAMES LYTHGOE On July 17th I was contacted by Mr Wilson Lythgoe, a New Zealander now living in Tasmania. Wilson had been looking through the MRNZ website when he spotted a name on the LOST TRAILS page that he recognised, that of 61321 Pte. James LYTHGOE N.Z.E.F. James Lythgoe’s medals had come to […]

BEECHEY, E.D. – HORACE GEORGE ST. VINCENT ~ Anonymous text message offers return of lost medals.

516481 – HORACE GEORGE ST. VINCENT BEECHEY, E.D. A post placed on the MRNZ ‘Missing In Action’ – Seeking Lost Medals web page has resulted in our being able to put a family searching for these WW2 medals in touch with the owner of the medal group. The medal are named to: 516481 MAJ. (T) […]

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RADIO NZ's Ross McNaughton chats with MRNZ about returning medals to families.

PEARDON, PERCIVAL KING - A.I.F. ~ Egyptian medallion of an A.I.F. soldier found in Hastings NZ, returned to Tasmania.

WOTTEN, FRANK and WILL ~ mid-Canterbury brother's death mementos returned to family ownership.

"Commander Mike LI (or JARVIS) MBE, MM [mid] - RM, Royal Navy" : is this Marlborough Boys' College self-appointed 'war hero' teacher a con artist?

HANSEN, MC - Maj. PETER ~ Return of WW2 medals missing for 30+ years, just in time for Anzac Day.

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Welcome to Medals Reunited New Zealand©

Recent Posts

RADIO NZ's Ross McNaughton chats with MRNZ about returning medals to families.

PEARDON, PERCIVAL KING - A.I.F. ~ Egyptian medallion of an A.I.F. soldier found in Hastings NZ, returned to Tasmania.

WOTTEN, FRANK and WILL ~ mid-Canterbury brother's death mementos returned to family ownership.

"Commander Mike LI (or JARVIS) MBE, MM [mid] - RM, Royal Navy" : is this Marlborough Boys' College self-appointed 'war hero' teacher a con artist?

HANSEN, MC - Maj. PETER ~ Return of WW2 medals missing for 30+ years, just in time for Anzac Day.

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