It seems that New Zealand badge reference books have failed to see the significance of the fern badge as a NZ Camel Corp badge.A fern collar badge the same design as the permanent staff/staff corps was worn by some members of the 16th/17th /18th mounted rifles reinforcements as a reinforcement badge.This was latter adopted as an unofficial badge of the 15th and 16th companies of the NZICC,as pictured on the Official newspaper's of the Camel Corp.Later reinforcements also wore a Palestian sandcast variety(fern ,both cap and collars) as well as the referenced ''Camel'' badge.
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