GTB, the badges you show are the original designs for the NZASC and followed the post-1911 pattern ASC cap and collar badges, the only difference being the addition of the letters NZ below the garter strap. The collar badges were never voided except for the crowns which are found both voided and unvoided and they always had the space between the crown and the garter, unlike the cap badge where the crown sits directly on the garter. They were issued together as such and although they are distinctly different in design the cap and collar badges in your opening post went together. Although the ASC cap badges were issued unvoided as an economy measure I don't think the NZ ones ever were. Hoot.
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