Places | |
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Accession Number | REL29759 |
Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Badge |
Physical description | Brass |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | New Zealand |
Date made | c 1914-1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force collar badge : Private A E Parker, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
New Zealand Expeditionary Force collar badge. The badge takes the form of a laurel wreath surmounted by a King's crown, in the centre of this are the voided letters 'NZ'. Beneath the wreath is a ribbon scroll with the motto 'ONWARD'. The badge is backed by a horizontally aligned elongated octagonal flat disc with sixteen slats along the middle. An attachment pin attaches the front of the badge to the backing.
Worn by 53879 Private Alfred Edward Parker who served in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces during the First World War. Parker was born in 1878 and he worked as a bank accountant until his enlistment in the NZEF on 17 April 1917. Parker served on the Western Front and was discharged from service on 17 September 1919.
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