Quote:
Originally Posted by kingsley
Nice to see the other ranks WM plume socket on the busby. These arty badges seem to be generic for NZ, Australian colonies, and possibly other parts of the Empire.
Can anyone tell me whether the concurrent NZ officer pattern was the same design? (see scan)
There are of course the coat of arms plume sockets as well as the gun variety and it has never been clear to me whether they were worn by the same artillery units at different periods, or whether each unit chose its own pattern and stuck to it.
|
Hard to say with NZ officer pattern busby badges as not a lot of information available. I have a few period photos but none are clear enough to see the badge details.
The following photos are of a officers busby that is an Auckland museum. The interesting thing about the badge is that the crown and lion have been removed.
I have another photo on file of an officers plume badge from a different NZ museum, I will post a picture when I can find it.
