item details
NameCap and collar badges, 11th (Taranaki Rifles) Regiment
ProductionJ.R. Gaunt & Sons Ltd; manufacturer(s); 1914-1916; United Kingdom
Classificationinsignias, badges
Materialsbrass, bronze
DimensionsOverall: 223mm (width), 11mm (height), 75mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH021090
Overview
This unit's cap badge is on display at Te Papa in Gallipoli: The scale of our war.
The Regiment was formed in 1911 from Volunteer infantry (Rifle) units in Taranaki. Members of the Regiment served on Gallipoli as part of the Wellington Infantry Battalion.
The badge shows Mount Taranaki ( Egmont), symbolising the Regiment's home province, and a scene of dairy farmland, refeerring to the province's most important industry.