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Originally Posted by pukman
Has this not solved a several decades debate ?
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Puk, I don’t know about a decade’s debate, but certainly since we solved the NZAOC badge riddle 4 years ago, I have been searching for certain pictures of NZAPC badges to see if they followed the same practice as taken by the NZAOC.
So far, I have only found one picture that shows the so called “First type NZAPC badge” as being approved for wear within Army training camps in New Zealand.
Yours and Matt’s fantastic picture of Walter in England (taken some time after 1-12-1917) suggests to me that the so called “Second type NZAPC badge” was approved for wear by NZAPC members of the NZEF.
All we need now to solve the last part of the NZAPC badge enigma, is to confirm what badges were worn by members of the New Zealand Home Service Branch? which I suspect will also be the First type.
Finally, it stands to reason both types were adopted after the 1st April 1917, as with the NZAOC, were both types worn by the NZAPC post 1919?