Although it is not technically a badge collection, the following poster deserves mention as it cearly shows there was a demand for information about insignia that was worn by the NZEF during WW1.
According to the National Library of New Zealand, the 'photolithograph' of the “Record of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War” was published by “the Government Life Insurance Department. [ca1919]”
Unfortunately, the poster itself offers very little in the way of the date it was first printed, and who was responsible for printing it.
Fortunately, the poster does have the artists name (D. Moule, Del) in the bottom right corner. This suggests to me the artwork was done by Mr Douglas Moule of Victoria Australia, who was also the artist for the “Record of the Australian Imperial Force in the Great War” poster.
The printers that produced the“Record of the Australian Imperial Force in the Great War” poster, was Osboldstone and Company of Melbourne Australia. As such, it is most probable that they were also the printers of the New Zealand Record poster.
Interestingly, the artist has used the wrong badge for the 5th Wellington Regiment (part of the Samoan Expeditionary Force). The badge illustrated wasn't issued until 1923, when the 5th Wellington's were redesignted as “The Wellington Regiment.”
The following framed collection was recently offered on our local auction site “trademe,” interestingly it has a brass plaque with the inscription “Caps & Collars NZEF 1914- 1918”
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=531677879
It seems that even modern day collectors are still getting it wrong.
The correct badge for the 5th Wellington Regiment can be seen in the badge collection of Sergeant Gibbs in the previous post. (2nd picture, top right corner)