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Forum: New Zealand Badges 09-03-20, 12:21 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,344
Posted By xrayrifle
Magnificent uniform collection, Iain. Certainly...

Magnificent uniform collection, Iain.
Certainly worth waiting for.
Bruce
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 16-02-20, 09:30 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,037
Posted By xrayrifle
Pretty interesting to learn about this apparently...

Pretty interesting to learn about this apparently short lived unit of the RN.
Were these requisitioned pleasure boats and used more as utility craft than being converted to use in a combat role?
...
Forum: Sweetheart, Veteran and other Lapel Badges. 16-02-20, 04:03 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 465
Posted By xrayrifle
Lapel Badges Mounting for Display.

Hello.
Seeking help with badge mounting.
I am using shadow boxes to mount my military and first aid, ambulance badges for display.
The base on which the badges are to be mounted is felt over...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 29-01-20, 12:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,050
Posted By xrayrifle
Hello Cliff. Many thanks for your response. ...

Hello Cliff.
Many thanks for your response.
It may be that time has moved on now and with future publishing projects under way, and with only twenty four hours in a day and no with prospect of...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 27-01-20, 02:22 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 435
Posted By xrayrifle
Hello Tinto. Very interesting info and many...

Hello Tinto.

Very interesting info and many thanks for providing this.

Regrettably, out of the five brothers who saw overseas service, the sixth was their brother; my grandfather, who, because...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 27-01-20, 01:25 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 435
Posted By xrayrifle
XIII or 13 NZEF Reinforcement Badges which one is correct?

Greetings from my perplexed mind.

I have been working on shadow box displays honouring the service of five of my great Uncles during the Great Great War.

Over twenty years of collecting all of...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 17-01-20, 10:57 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,050
Posted By xrayrifle
Do you think there would be sufficient interest...

Do you think there would be sufficient interest leading to sales for a reprint of these reference books to be considered, Cliff?

Regards
Bruce
Forum: New Zealand Badges 12-01-20, 09:21 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 337
Posted By xrayrifle
Hello Graham. Many thanks for the helpful...

Hello Graham.
Many thanks for the helpful information you have provided.
My guess of perhaps being of German origin was way off.

I appreciate your help.

All the best.
Bruce
Forum: New Zealand Badges 12-01-20, 02:44 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 337
Posted By xrayrifle
Button ID Question.

I can imagine that there are several members who collect military buttons.
Recently, I have been collecting a sampling of buttons to represent the owner companies of First World War HMNZT ships....
Forum: New Zealand Badges 24-12-19, 01:44 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 948
Posted By xrayrifle
Hello BC. If you are a TradeMe member there is...

Hello BC.
If you are a TradeMe member there is a seller there with the handle:
phillipjames, who has the 2011 Geoff Oldham NZ badge guide listed
at a reduced price of $NZD54.99, down from the...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 23-12-19, 11:15 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 744
Posted By xrayrifle
Knowledge is power and no burden to carry.

It would seem so far that reproductions, while certainly not something to go after, do have a place, albeit a limited one.
In the heady rush of acquisition some times even the clearest heads can...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 23-12-19, 12:21 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 744
Posted By xrayrifle
Is there a place for copies?

I know, the bin, some will say and quite rightly too.
But, if a long sought after badge is unobtainable, or so rare that a huge price is being asked, is a reproduction, being sold as such, an...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 22-12-19, 11:58 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 368
Posted By xrayrifle
That same guy was featured on a TV show around that time.

Disappointing as your experience was, the experience of another person that prompted the on air investigation, revealed what an awful individual this guy really was.

I've long now forgotten the...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 06-12-19, 01:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 505
Posted By xrayrifle
Thank you Iain. I'll head over there now. ...

Thank you Iain.
I'll head over there now.
Regards
Bruce.
Forum: New Zealand Badges 05-12-19, 11:27 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 505
Posted By xrayrifle
Hello Pukman. An interesting photo pleased...

Hello Pukman.

An interesting photo pleased to see it.
Perhaps the short pants uniform indicates a summer time photo?

Many thanks
Bruce.
Forum: New Zealand Badges 05-12-19, 11:22 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 505
Posted By xrayrifle
Hello Brent and many thanks for coming to the aid...

Hello Brent and many thanks for coming to the aid of my knowledge gap.

Perhaps it really is time to up-date and buy a copy Geoff Oldhams 2011 edition . My 1997 issue has served me well over the...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 04-12-19, 05:44 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 505
Posted By xrayrifle
How Many Reinforcements Left Our Shores?

My Grandfther became a soldier in training in March 1918. He was 37 years of age. His service ended with a Leave in lieu of discharge status in September 1918.
His Army records show that he...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 03-12-19, 07:50 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 960
Posted By xrayrifle
Hello Keith and many thanks for that interesting...

Hello Keith and many thanks for that interesting information. I enjoy learning new things.
Regards
Bruce
Forum: New Zealand Badges 01-12-19, 01:48 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 368
Posted By xrayrifle
Officially made or home cast?

I surfed onto this Dental Corp badge.
Thinking, not probably produced by, say, Gaunt, so is this a home cast job?
Bruce.
Forum: New Zealand Badges 29-11-19, 02:15 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 394
Posted By xrayrifle
All done, Brent. Regards Bruce

All done, Brent.
Regards
Bruce
Forum: New Zealand Badges 28-11-19, 10:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 948
Posted By xrayrifle
Hello Phil. In the revised and expanded 2011...

Hello Phil.

In the revised and expanded 2011 edition, are there any additions, changes to the pre-WW2
Sections

Regards
Bruce.
Forum: New Zealand Badges 28-11-19, 09:59 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 960
Posted By xrayrifle
Hello John. Of further interest would be why...

Hello John.
Of further interest would be why Reinforcement NCO's lost their rank when posted to the Front?
Forum: New Zealand Badges 25-11-19, 10:22 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 800
Posted By xrayrifle
My initial thought was New Zealand Expeditionary...

My initial thought was New Zealand Expeditionary Force - hand filed and shaped.
Possibly from the period of the first three reinforcements to leave New Zealand bound for, Egypt. But could also have...
Forum: New Zealand Badges 25-11-19, 05:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 394
Posted By xrayrifle
Many thanks for your warm welcome, Bill.

Many thanks for your warm welcome, Bill.
Forum: New Zealand Badges 24-11-19, 09:27 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 394
Posted By xrayrifle
Great War NZEF Cloth Patches - info sought.

Hello to all.

I have undertaken a project that includes reproducing here at home seven different types of WW1 NZEF regegimental/brigade cloth/felt uniform patches.
Apart from AMR patches the...
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