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Forum: New Zealand Badges 28-05-14, 03:22 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns The following picture looks like a standard WW1... The following picture looks like a standard WW1 badge belt, but this one is rather unique in that it is described as. ― “TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER CAPTURED AT GALLIPOLI: A BELT STUDDED WITH...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 15-02-14, 02:10 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Tinto, the meeting of the Wellington Military... Tinto, the meeting of the Wellington Military Collectors club was held at Bob Hammonds place last Sunday, old Bob served as in Korea with the NZ Artillery and just happens to have a world class...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 25-01-14, 10:15 PM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Private Davis Wi Rihia, A Company, 1st Maori... Private Davis Wi Rihia, A Company, 1st Maori Contingent, NZEF. The following picture of Private Wi Rihia taken on the 1st January 1916, was originally posted by Pukman (post# 117) in the Maori...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 07-11-13, 09:01 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Lance Corporal Alfred Kennedy Sloan, A Company,... Lance Corporal Alfred Kennedy Sloan, A Company, 12th Nelson Regiment, NZEF The “regimental badges, various curios, and fragments of shrapnel,” that were collected by Lance Corporal Alfred Kennedy...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 28-09-13, 01:54 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Corporal stripes Corporal stripes

Forum: New Zealand Badges 26-09-13, 08:16 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns One of the greatest resources this forum has to... One of the greatest resources this forum has to offer is information, and it never ceases to amaze me the lengths that some people go to, just to answer my questions or my demands for photos.:):cool:...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 13-08-13, 08:13 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Again thanks to Sunbeam I have another great... Again thanks to Sunbeam I have another great picture of Sergeant Alfred Sloan to share. This one is not dated, but it does have Alf’s age “23 years and 6 months” written on the back, which helps...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 03-08-13, 07:44 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns A few more great photos (thanks again to Sunbeam)... A few more great photos (thanks again to Sunbeam) of Alfred Sloan and a couple of his brother Monty. The following photo is titled “Spring Grove camp 1913.” Alf is identified by Sunbeam as being...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 27-07-13, 08:13 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns When I put together post #13 on Sergeant Alfred... When I put together post #13 on Sergeant Alfred Kennedy Sloan, his service records were not available, so my information was very short. Now thanks to Sunbeam, I have been given a copy of Alf most...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 20-07-13, 01:53 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Greetings Sunbeam, Sympathies for your recent... Greetings Sunbeam, Sympathies for your recent loss. I have not been able to locate your grandfather’s service records on archives, so cannot offer much on why his Lemon Squeezer hat sports a South...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 31-12-12, 06:41 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Throughout the duration of the first world war,... Throughout the duration of the first world war, New Zealand territorial regimental badges were in short supply. At the beginning of WW1, pre-war stocks of regimental badges were in most cases...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 06-12-12, 05:54 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Private Henry Herbert Gill, Service No. 62300, C Company, 30th Reinforcements. Private Henry Herbert Gill, Service No. 62300, C Company, 30th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment. The last of my WW1 NZ badge collections to share is that of Private Henry Herbert Gill. ...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 29-11-12, 10:38 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Iain, the Wellington Militaria Collectors Club... Iain, the Wellington Militaria Collectors Club had its Christmas luncheon just this Sunday at fellow forum member Wayne Ihaka's house. Interestingly, Wayne brought out a folder of A4 size photos...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 29-11-12, 06:04 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns The following photogaph is part of the “Royal New... The following photogaph is part of the “Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association Collection, which is located at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. The photograph is believed...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 18-11-12, 12:01 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns The following well thought out collection was... The following well thought out collection was recently displayed by Hemi Tahu at a monthly meeting of the Wellington Militaria Collectors Club. As can be seen the display has been influenced by...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 17-11-12, 11:56 PM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Although it is not technically a badge... Although it is not technically a badge collection, the following poster deserves mention as it cearly shows there was a demand for information about insignia that was worn by the NZEF during WW1. ...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 17-11-12, 11:45 PM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Staff Quartermaster-Sergeant C. B. Gibbs,... Staff Quartermaster-Sergeant C. B. Gibbs, N.Z.A.O.D., Trentham Camp Quartermasters Department. Unfortunately Staff Quartermaster-Sergeant C. B. Gibbs, (Charles Barnabas Gibbs, Service No. 24610?)...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 17-11-12, 09:48 PM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Private Donald Campbell Sutherland, 23rd... Private Donald Campbell Sutherland, 23rd Reinforcements Specialist Company, Machine-Gun Section Donald Campbell Sutherland, (Service No. 39414) and business partner Alexander Dean Thomson (Service...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 08-11-12, 10:59 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Historic Trentham, hailed as the book of the year. The following collection of NZ Reinforcement badges features on page 17 of the book Historic Trentham, which was written by Will Lawson (New Zealands leading poet) and printed by the Wellington...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 08-11-12, 10:21 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Collection of over 200 badges The next collection on my list of WW1 NZ badge collections that were publicly displayed, belonged to Mr. W. A. Berry who at the time was working for Wallace and Gibson, who were a men's wear...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 06-11-12, 10:16 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Major Benjamin Stevens Jordan, 13th North... Major Benjamin Stevens Jordan, 13th North Canterbury-Westland Regiment, NZEF. Major Benjamin Stevens Jordan (Service No. 6/1109) embarked as the Commanding Officer of D Company, Canterbury Infantry...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 02-11-12, 06:14 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Before I move on to other badge collections that... Before I move on to other badge collections that were collected during WW1, I would like to mention that I do have some documents directly associated with the NZ reinforcement badges that are...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 31-10-12, 09:18 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns WW1 New Zealand Badge Collections WW1 New Zealand Badge Collections On the 11th January 1915 the Director of the Dominion Museum in Wellington, Dr. Allan Thomson, sent the following letter to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr G....

Forum: New Zealand Badges 28-10-12, 09:18 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Slightly off topic but worthy of mention is a... Slightly off topic but worthy of mention is a Royal badge collection. On the 13th July 1911, Edward the VIII was officially invested at Caernarvon Castle as Prince of Wales. Edward's first...

Forum: New Zealand Badges 15-10-12, 09:44 AM

Replies: 43 New Zealand’s Earliest Military Badge Collectors. Views: 25,864 Posted By atillathenunns Collection of badges, medals and other souvenirs. I have two more early New Zealand badge collections that I think are worth mentioning. The first “collection of badges, medals and other souvenirs issued in connection with the various Contingents...

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