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New Zealand Infantry
Unit hat & collar badges. 10th
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- No collar dogs issued. Hat badges
were worn as collar dogs.
- A voided version was also issued
- 10th Regiment
(North Otago Rifles) Cap Badge. Formed 17 March 1911. Absorbed
by the 4th (Otago Rifles) Regiment in 1921 to form the Otago Regiment.
Saw active service at Gallipoli, Egypt and France during WW1.
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This image is of the badge of the 11th
Taranaki Rifles Regiment (above) and a genuine photo of Mount Egmont taken from the angle used to design the
badge (below).
The mountain was named by Captain James
Cook, the explorer, after the Earl of Egmont. It is now renamed Mt
Taranaki.
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Regiment (4th Battalion, The Taranaki Rifles).
Photo: Shaun Aumua |
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The badge is a representation of
Mount Egmont
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11th (Taranaki Rifles) Regiment were
formed in March 1911. The unit saw action at Gallipoli, Egypt &
France as part of Wellington Regiment. It formed part of 2 NZEF by
supplying companies to 19th, 22nd, 25th & 36th Battalions. It was
amalgamated with the Wellington West Coast Regiment after WW2 to form
the Wellington West Coast & Taranaki Regiment which in turn became
5 RNZIR in 1964.
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In all cases the collar dog (both
sides) was identical in design.
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collar dog.
12
Nelson Infantry |
collar dog.
12 Nelson & Marlborough
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Hat Badge for the 12 &
XIII (Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast) Regiment. Kings Crown. Queen's
Crown below.
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12 & XIII (Nelson Marlborough &
West Coast) Regiment Association.
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Cap Badge and Collars for the 12 &
XIII (Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast) Regiment. Cap Badge - Kings Crown.
Collars - Queens Crown. Formed 1 June 1923. Served in WW2.
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collar badges of
the
13th (North Canterbury)
Regiment
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- 13th (North Canterbury) Regiment.
Formed 17 March 1911 and later renamed the 13th (North Canterbury
& Westland) on the 18th January 1912. The feathers are from the
Huia
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collar dogs |
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13th (North Canterbury and Westland)
Regiment was formed 18 January 1912. It saw action at Gallipoli,
France and Egypt as part of Canterbury Regiment. It was amalgamated (1
June 1923) with the 12th Nelson & Marlborough Regiment to form the
12 & XIII Nelson Marlborough & West Coast Regiment. See
above.
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2 versions; above is
void, below is solid
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15th (North Auckland) Regiment
(oxidised & brass)
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15th Northland cap &
collars. Formerly the North Auckland Regiment. Amalgamated with the
Auckland Regiment in 1964 to become the 3rd Battalion Royal New Zealand
Infantry Regiment.
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Collar dogs
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16th (Waikato) Regiment. As part of
the Auckland Regiment it saw action at Gallipoli, France & Egypt.
Supplied Companies to 18th, 21st, 24th & 29th Battalions of 2
NZEF. Became part of 1st Armoured Regiment in 1950.
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Variations
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Glengarry badge and a
button of the 17th Battalion (Canterbury
Highland Rifles NZ)
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New Zealand Rifle
Brigade
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Rifle Brigade |
NZ
Rifle Brigade collar dogs. Above, oxidized,
below polished photos John Honeybone NZ
& Colin Adams NZ |
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The NZ Rifle Brigade was
formed in April 1915. It's full name, The New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The
Earl of Liverpool's Own), was granted 1 October 1915. It consisted of 5
Battalions and was dissolved in 1919. After the war various Reserve and
Home Guard units used the badge, especially during WW2. |
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New Zealand Regiment (NZR)
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variations
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QC version with bayonet
collar dogs
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1st
Battalion New Zealand Regiment was formed on 9 January 1947 as part of
the newly created Infantry Corps. There was a King's Crown set (shown
left) and a Queen's Crown set (above)
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Collar dog sets for NZ
Regiment. Officers gilt above
left: ORs brass: above
right
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Royal New Zealand Infantry
Regiment (RNZIR)
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Bayonet collar dogs
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The NZ Regiment was re-organized into
the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment on 1 April 1964.
The badge above
left was the 1st version (anodised) the one above right was the 2nd
version.
Another early version
had a dark coloured Kiwi rather than the silver or gold of the later
versions. (See left)
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dog of RNZIR |
Collar
dog of 2RNZIR |
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RNZIR badge woven in silver
and gold wire with blue and red inserts on black backing, measures 90mm
high.
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RNZIR bullion
embroidered badge on green backing for Officers uniform.
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