item details
NameCap badge, 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles
ProductionUnknown; manufacturer(s); circa 1916
Classificationinsignias, badges
Materialsbrass
DimensionsOverall: 65mm (width), 41mm (height), 10mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH017819/23
Overview
The 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles Regiment formed 1911 from mounted Volunteer units in South Canterbury.
The Regiment's badge shows the Earl of Ranfurly’s coat of arms and crest, featuring three falcons and the Latin motto Moveo et profitior (‘By my actions I am known’). The Earl of Ranfurly was Governor of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904 and his coat of arms
refers to the ancient aristocratic sport of falconry (using tame falcons to hunt game birds).