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Originally Posted by nbroadarrowz
Thanks for all the images.
1/ Did they get the specific (what is known as) tunnellers badges because they were tunnellers? or were they issued to engineers, some of whom happened to be tunnellers.
2/ We know that some named photos can be traced to tunnellers and they are wearing the tunnellers badges.
3/ With unnamed photos, are we assuming that just because they are wearing the larger hat badge that they are tunnellers?
4/ Have we seen any engineers wearing the larger badge?
What I am really after are stores lists, army orders, unit diary entries, badge maker accounts etc.
Something to say that the badges are specific to tunnellers.
Barry
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Looking at photographs taken in New Zealand, both Engineer's and Tunnellers' were issued the small size hat badge and NZE shoulder titles.
All photos that I have seen showing the large NZE badge and E over NZ have all been attributed to Tunnellers, most with good provenance.
Photos of NZE in the Middle East show small NZE hat badges.
Why do you ponder such things Barry?