What is Queen's Service Medal?
{{infobox award | name = Queen's Service Medal | presenter = [[Monarch of New Zealand]] | country = New Zealand | type = | awarded_for = Helping your community | campaign = | status = | description = | motto = | clasps = | established = 13 March 1975 | firstawarded = | lastawarded = | total_awarded = 3,860<ref>{{cite book |title=Medal Yearbook 2023 |year=2022 |publisher=[[Token Publishing|Token]] |location=Honiton, Devon |isbn=978-1-908828-63-7 |page=548 }}<!--|access-date=16 December 2022--></ref> | total_awarded_posthumously = | total_recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = }} The '''Queen's Service Medal''' is a medal given by the government of [[New Zealand]] to recognize and reward people who help their communities. It was established in 1975.<ref name=nzdfmedals>{{cite web |url=http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/b/b8.html |title=NZDF Medals – The Queen's Service Medal (QSM) |publisher=Medals.nzdf.mil.nz |date=2007-05-21 |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-date=2020-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625175910/http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/b/b8.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It replaced the [[Imperial Service Medal]] as an award of New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Imperial Service Order and Medal|url=http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/i/i4.html|work=Medals awarded to New Zealand military personnel|publisher=New Zealand Defence Force|access-date=25 March 2013|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625180338/http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/i/i4.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand]]