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Category: Badges |
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New Zealand's famous
Onward badge |
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many images from Phillip James, New
Zealand
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Early pattern WW1 NZ hat
& collar set. |
NZ Onward collar dogs. |
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<<< New
Zealand Expeditionary Force sweetheart badge
circa 1915
New Zealand
Expeditionary Force badge, possibly sand cast >>>
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Variations of the
NZEF "Expeditionary Force" badges
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WW1 New Zealand Expeditionary Force silver
sweetheart cap badge. Measures 35mm high. Excellent condition with broach
fitting.
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9 caret gold NZ Onward
Second World War Sweetheart Pendent
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Early "cut
NZ" version
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British Section, NZ
Expeditionary Force
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- The "Onward" hat badge
& collar dogs started life as the NZ Expeditionary Force badge with matching
collar dogs. This was later replaced by the badge originally created
for the British Section of the NZEF. Although the Unit was one of
the shortest lived Units of all time it's badge went on to make
history. There were several variations of the wreath, oak-leaves
(originally) and ferns (later).
- The British Section of the NZEF was
formed by New Zealanders living in England and, with a strength of 7 Officers
and 233 men sailed for Egypt on 12 December 1914. It was dissolved the
following day and the men were absorbed into the Army Service Corps and
an Engineer Field Company.
- Their "Onward" badge went
on to become the general service badge of the NZEF & 2NZEF.
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Silvered NZ
"Onward" general service badge |
Enameled
"Onward" badge |
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Onward badge in
polished Brass |
Worn by 53879 Private Alfred Edward Parker
who served in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment of the New Zealand
Expeditionary Forces during the First World War. Parker was born in 1878 and he worked as
a bank accountant until his enlistment in the NZEF on 17 April 1917.
Parker served on the Western Front and was discharged from service on 17
September 1919. Collar badge shown
above left, not
to scale.
Held at the AWM
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The
YMCA "borrowed" the basic design for it's war time activities
in support of the troops. |
Note
variations in the Crown/s |
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This recently appeared on a NZ based
auction site. It was advertised as a "Camp Followers Badge".
It is made from a genuine Expeditionary Force badge and part of a
"Middlesex" shoulder title.
It
shows that nothing is sacred anymore.
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