Comparison of Commonwealth Honours and Awards

This post is a further effort to include some interesting articles and research about medals on this blog. I have asked a member of the British Medal Forum if I can reproduce a chart he has worked on that attempts to show a comparison of Honours and Awards between the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. I thank Mark Brewer very much for his kind permission to show his work here.
Mark will be the first to admit that there is no clear cut alignment of the different honours systems and not all awards are alike or equivalent. Mark used his own extensive knowledge of the different systems and input from the BMF members to complete the following research.

NATIONAL HONOURS

United Kingdom	Australia	Canada		New Zealand
Civilian & Military	Civilian & Military	Civilian	Military	Civilian & Military
Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE)	Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)	Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)	Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)	Knight or Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (GNZM)
Knight or Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE/DBE)				Knight or Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM/DNZM)
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)				Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM)
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)	Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)	Officer of the Order of Canada (OC)	Officer of the Order of Military Merit (OMM)	Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)	Member of the Order of Australia (AM)	Member of the Order of Canada (CM)	Member of the Order of Military Merit (MMM)	Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service (BEM)	Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)	No equivalent	No equivalent	No equivalent

 

GALLANTRY AWARDS

United Kingdom	Australia	Canada	New Zealand
Victoria Cross (VC)	Victoria Cross for Australia (VC)	Victoria Cross (VC)	Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)
Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC)	Star of Gallantry (SG)	Star of Military Valour (SMV)	New Zealand Gallantry Star (NZGS)
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), Military Cross (MC), Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)	Medal for Gallantry (MG)	Medal of Military Valour (MMV)	New Zealand Gallantry Decoration (NZGD)
Mention in Despatches (mid)	Commendation for Gallantry		New Zealand Gallantry Medal (NZGM)

BRAVERY AWARDS

United Kingdom	Australia	Canada	New Zealand
George Cross (GC)	Cross of Valour (CV)	Cross of Valour (CV)	New Zealand Cross (NZC)
George Medal (GM)	Star of Courage (SC)	Star of Courage (SC)	New Zealand Bravery Star (NZBS)
Queen’s Gallantry Medal (QGM), Air Force Cross (AFC)	Bravery Medal (BM)	Medal of Bravery (MB)	New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD)
Queen’s Commendation for Bravery, Queen’s Commendation for Bravery in the Air	Commendation for Brave Conduct		New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)