✨ Honours and Awards
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 23 JULY 1987
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON: WEDNESDAY, 29 JULY 1987
Honours and Awards
Her Majesty The Queen has approved the following Order of Wear for Orders, Decorations and Medals in New Zealand. This list replaces all previous lists promulgated in New Zealand.
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of July 1987.
DAVID LANGE, Prime Minister.
ORDER OF WEAR: ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS
The following list shows the order in which Orders, Decorations and Medals should be worn in New Zealand. It in no way affects the precedence conferred by the Statutes of certain Orders upon the Members thereof. For the order of wear of obsolete Orders, Decorations and Medals and others not usually conferred on New Zealanders reference should be made to the list published periodically in the London Gazette. Post-nominal letters should be shown in the same order as the following “order of wear”, except in the case of Baronets.
VICTORIA CROSS
V.C.
GEORGE CROSS
G.C.
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD AND OTHER ORDERS
Knight of the Order of the Garter
K.G.
(not worn in miniature and the ribbon is not worn with undress uniform)
Knight of the Order of the Thistle
K.T.
(not worn in miniature and the ribbon is not worn with undress uniform)
Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
G.C.B.
Member of the Order of Merit
O.M.
(not worn in miniature)
Baronet’s Badge
(Bt. or Bart.)
Worn suspended round the neck by a ribbon in the same manner as the neck badge of an Order. It is not worn in miniature and the ribbon is not worn with undress uniform.
“Bart.” are shown directly after the surname before all other post-nominal letters.
Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
G.C.M.G.
Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
G.C.V.O.
Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
G.B.E.
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
C.H.
(not worn in miniature)
Member of the Order of New Zealand
O.N.Z.
(not worn in miniature)
Knight or Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath
K.C.B./D.C.B.
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🏛️ Order of Wear for Orders, Decorations and Medals in New Zealand
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration6 July 1987
Honours, Awards, Order of Wear, Victoria Cross, George Cross, Orders of Knighthood, Order of the Bath, Order of Merit, Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the British Empire, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of New Zealand
- David Lange, Prime Minister