Were the NZP&TC the first to use ‘Mercury the messenger of the gods’ as a unit insignia or was it the British or USA?????
Don't know about the USA, but the British Telegraph Battalion Royal Engineers, forerunners of the Signals, used Mercury as emblem. It was first used in the Battalion magazine, Military Telegraph Bulletin, on 15 September 1884. Introduced by Major C.F.C. Beresford.
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