Hi all
Having read my previous posts I realise that I'd not posted pictures of the NZ Soldiers' Assoc badge nor the Home Servicemens' League of NZ as I said I would.
Here they are. The NZ Soldiers' Assoc was created to lobby on behalf of home servicemen for same rights and privileges that were being accorded to the Returned Soldiers. Briefly the NZ RSA objected to the name of the Association, no doubt feeling that it was a little too close to theirs!
Result: the Association changed its name and produced the other larger badge, a version of which is/ was used by the NZ Home Servicemens' Assoc following WW2.
The second badge is uncommon, the first RARE!
Sorry about the pic quality.....
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