New Zealand Mounted Rifles Reinforcement Unit hat badges

• Up to the 11th Reinforcements the Mounted Rifles used the general pattern reinforcement badge. The Company (or Squadron) letter indicated;
  • A = Auckland Squadron
  • B = Wellington Squadron
  • C = Canterbury Squadron
  • D = Otago Squadron
• From 12th Reos onwards the troops were undesignated (or general reinforcements) for the Mounted Rifle Brigade. 
• Later specially numbered badges were introduced featuring a rampant horse.

Hat badge NZMR Reinforcements (general issue)

17th Mounted Rifle Reinforcements 

cap and collar badges

17th NZVC Reinforcements 

(NZVC = New Zealand Veterinary Corps)

cap and collar badges

19th Mounted Rifles Reinforcements 

cap & collar badges

23rd Mounted Rifles Reinforcements

Hat & collar badges

24th Mounted Rifles Reinforcements

Hat & collar badges

• This badge was worn by some of

• 25th Mounted Rifles Reinforcements to

• 47th Mounted Rifles Reinforcements with the only variation being the number in the circle on the shield. 

  • These badges had NZ in the bottom scroll 

    • (refer image below left)

• Other similar badges had "MR" in the circle on the shield or "NZ" in that circle. 

  • Refer collar badge images below for reference

• 36 NZ Mounted Rifles Reinforcements

• All these badges have the "low tail" representation of the horse. See below for the "high tail variation"

"High tail" NZMR collar >>>

• 2 variations of collar badges, 

  • 1 with the NZ in the circle

  • 1 with a number in the circle

• All these badges are the "high tail" variations. They exist for some of 31st to 47th Reinforcements. 

General Service Mounted Rifles Reinforcements hat & collar badges

Scroll reads "NZ Mounted Rifles". Note the stars on the scroll ends.

Cap & collar badges for general issue to later groups of New Zealand Mounted Rifles Reinforcements.

Scroll reads  "FORTES FORTUNA JUVAT"