Hi Tim (et al.)
Excellent! We have a searchable NZ newspaper archive that has solved SO many "mysteries" with regards to my badges that I've lost count.
For example, I'd had a small silver badge for the "N.Z. Soldier's Association" for some time and it had eluded ALL attempts at identification. I knew that it was "different" and NOT the Returned Soldiers' Association.
The newspaper gave me the answer: a small, short-lived association for "home servicemen" that had to change their name because of the similarity to the R.S.A proper. What clinched it was a description of the badge itself.
It then became the "Home Servicemen's League of N.Z." with a new (larger) badge.
Photos on the way!
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