item details
NameCap and collar badges, 24th Reinforcements to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
ProductionUnknown; manufacturer(s); 1917
Classificationinsignias, badges
Materialsmetal
DimensionsOverall: 176mm (width), 9mm (height), 75mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH021119
Overview
These are the cap and collar badges of the 24th Reinforcements which departed New Zealand in April 1917 during the First World War.
The badges feature a bulldog motif with the motto ‘Holdfast’. The collar badges feature the bulldog holding a bone it its jaws.