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New Zealand Badges
09-03-20, 12:21 AM
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Badged New Zealand Boer War Uniform .
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xrayrifle
Magnificent uniform collection, Iain. Certainly...
Magnificent uniform collection, Iain.
Certainly worth waiting for.
Bruce
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Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia
16-02-20, 09:30 PM
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Royal Naval Motor Boat Reserve
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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?
...
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Sweetheart, Veteran and other Lapel Badges.
16-02-20, 04:03 AM
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Lapel Badges Mounting for Display.
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
29-01-20, 12:55 PM
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New Zealand Artillery
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
27-01-20, 02:22 AM
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XIII or 13 NZEF Reinforcement Badges which one is correct?
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
27-01-20, 01:25 AM
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XIII or 13 NZEF Reinforcement Badges which one is correct?
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465
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
17-01-20, 10:57 PM
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New Zealand Artillery
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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
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New Zealand Badges
12-01-20, 09:21 AM
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Button ID Question.
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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
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New Zealand Badges
12-01-20, 02:44 AM
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Button ID Question.
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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....
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New Zealand Badges
24-12-19, 01:44 AM
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Badges and Insignia book by Geoff Oldham
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
23-12-19, 11:15 PM
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Is there a place for copies?
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
23-12-19, 12:21 AM
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Is there a place for copies?
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
22-12-19, 11:58 PM
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Officially made or home cast?
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
06-12-19, 01:18 AM
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How Many Reinforcements Left Our Shores?
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xrayrifle
Thank you Iain. I'll head over there now. ...
Thank you Iain.
I'll head over there now.
Regards
Bruce.
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New Zealand Badges
05-12-19, 11:27 AM
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How Many Reinforcements Left Our Shores?
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551
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.
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New Zealand Badges
05-12-19, 11:22 AM
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How Many Reinforcements Left Our Shores?
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
04-12-19, 05:44 AM
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How Many Reinforcements Left Our Shores?
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
03-12-19, 07:50 AM
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17th Reinforcements
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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
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New Zealand Badges
01-12-19, 01:48 AM
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Officially made or home cast?
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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.
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New Zealand Badges
29-11-19, 02:15 AM
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Great War NZEF Cloth Patches - info sought.
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xrayrifle
All done, Brent. Regards Bruce
All done, Brent.
Regards
Bruce
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New Zealand Badges
28-11-19, 10:11 PM
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Badges and Insignia book by Geoff Oldham
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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.
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New Zealand Badges
28-11-19, 09:59 PM
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17th Reinforcements
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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?
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New Zealand Badges
25-11-19, 10:22 AM
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Un-recorded NZEF Shoulder title
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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...
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New Zealand Badges
25-11-19, 05:36 AM
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Great War NZEF Cloth Patches - info sought.
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435
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xrayrifle
Many thanks for your warm welcome, Bill.
Many thanks for your warm welcome, Bill.
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New Zealand Badges
24-11-19, 09:27 AM
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Great War NZEF Cloth Patches - info sought.
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435
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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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