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26-06-12, 01:00 AM
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Hi John,
Your badge is a New Zealand Police badge (pre 1953). Regards, Phil Edit: See here, mate, http://www.hubert-herald.nl/NewZealandAF.htm
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27-06-12, 12:35 PM
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Unfortunately Phil the site you have provided a link to has a couple of mistakes.
Interestingly, the Queens crown (St Edwards Crown) NZ Police badge was first issued in 1956, as such the Kings crown version continued to be worn up until the new badges were issued. John, your helmet badge is probably best described as the ‘1913 Sergeants/Constables pattern’ as they were first issued to New Zealand police (in Wellington) in July 1913. Officers were issued with a smaller version badge in silver for wear on the officers peaked cap. The 1913 issue of NZ Police helmet badges was produced in bronze by J. R. Gaunt and Son in London and was authorised by the Commissioner of Police John Cullen. Their introduction also coincided with the issue of new police regulations and an upgraded police rank system. (1913 was the year the NZ police shako was made obsolete by the police helmet) As I am primarily a student of New Zealand military headdress, I believe the following photo dated 13th November 1913 showing the officers peaked cap, shako and helmet being worn is a scarce combination to see.  The following photo of Superintendent Nicholas shows nice detail of the officers cap badge.  The 1913 NZP Sergeants/Constables pattern badge was replaced in 1927 with the so called “Lion and Unicorn” badge which was produced in sterling silver and gold plated in a slightly smaller size for officers. Interestingly, Geoff Oldham in his new NZ badge price guide suggests this badge (10/49) was worn as a “Shako Badge.” The following photo shows the 1927 NZP Sergeants/Constables pattern badge being worn.  The 1927 NZP pattern badge was authorised by William McIlveney after he was appointed Police Commissioner. In 1930 McIlveney was forced to resign and was replaced by Commissioner Wohlmann who withdrew the 1927 pattern and reintroduced the 1913 pattern. It is most probable that the nickel plated version of the 1913 pattern NZP badge was introduced in 1930 and was used as the standard badge on the black police helmets. The chrome plate version of the 1913 pattern NZP badge was introduced sometime in the late 1940s.
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