An interesting badge , I haven't seen any information about the BL having any branch in New Zealand .
When the BL was 'founded' the NZ Returned Services' Associtaion was already well established.
Also , the British Empire Services League (later the Commonwealth Ex-Services League) was set up to represents the interests of Commonwealth citizens who had served with either the British or Commonwealth Forces , so the BL would have found it difficult to set up overseas.
The badge could possibly be a 'friendship' item as the various groups were all 'afilliated' with each other ?
The attached badge shows that links between various organisations were clearly visible in badge designs.
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