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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Established in 2014, Medals Reunited New Zealand© is a voluntary service dedicated to reuniting military medals & ephemera that has been found, with families. This self-funded service is 100% not-for-profit, and FREE from any fees or charges.

We will attempt to trace a family or near descendant of any named medal or item of military ephemera that is sent to us.

Your LOST or MISSING medals can be advertised on the website FREE of charge, provided the medals were named.

MEDALS ~ LOST A list of medals that have been lost, sold, stolen or are missing for reasons unknown, by descendant families who are looking for same. All requests are first verified by MRNZ.

MEDALS ~ FOUND A list of medals (or 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.

Enjoy the website …

Ian D. Martyn
Founder – Director – Website Administrator

“In Alorium Servitium “

HENRY RAYMOND BEVAN ~ War medal of NZ Maori rugby player from Otaki reunited with All Blacks family.

10/1741 ~ HENRY RAYMOND BEVAN Naval Captain Simon Rooke, RNZN, a senior NZDF officer contacted me after having found a First World War medal whilst sorting his deceased father’s personal effects. The Victory Medal, in good condition complete with original ribbon, was named to 10/1741 PTE H. R. BEVAN N.Z.E.F. As is often the […]

CHARLES EDWIN ROBERTSON – Long lost RSA badge found in button box in Invercargill antique shop.

8/3051 – CHARLES EDWIN ROBERTSON An email from a fellow NZ military history buff who is also the architect of the websites “Unknown Soldiers & Nurses of Southland” and “Unknown Warriors of the NZEF” Iain Davidson sent me a photograph of a small Returned Soldiers lapel badge (the small size badge was produced in 1927, as a more practical variation […]

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Recent Posts

TWO GREAT READS ! ~ by Graeme McLeod

QUENTIN MORRISON COWAN, aka TIMOTHY CALLAN ~ Sister's treasured mementos & medals of a Scottish soldier, reunited with their UK finder after 46 years.

FREDERICK VICTOR WESTBROOK ~ From one family veteran to another - medals of a Silverstream WW1 soldier KIA returned to Vietnam Veteran.

WANTED .. MESNY & VEAL ~ Medals Reunited NZ search for descendants goes live on Guernsey, Channel Islands.

ROUEN RODNEY BEALE ~ A medal denied as the result of an admin SNAFU is finally awarded to a 1957 CMT Recruit.

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