Help identify NZ badges/pins/buttons...

[Biro]

Anyone NZ experts care to take a stab at these....

Bits and pieces from a relatives estate - a private M.R.O'Donoghue who served 1914-18 in the NZEF.

If you can identify ANY of these bits and bobs, I would be most grateful.

I cannot bring myself to ask for photo's that are actually IN focus - it was tough enough getting these....but some should be easy enough I guess.

Many thanks in advance


Marshall

[ROBB]

6 and 14 are USMC United States Marine Corps .12 is Royal Army Medical Corps,Rob

[ROBB]

17 is a General Service button ,4 is the United States Navy .Rob

[DAK Rommel]

2 looks to be home guard,

5 is a standard NZ Expeditionary Force Cap Badge (WW2)
7 is a New Zealand Engineers Shoulder Title
11 is a New Zealand Rifle Brigade (NZRB) Cap or Collar Badge (WW1)
9 looks to be 9th Reinforcements WW1 NZ badge but I could be wrong on this one.
All the best

Rob

[DAK Rommel]

I love those NZRB Cap/ Collar Badges (number 11). I have three of them.
Should say Soyes Ferme on the wreath. I have seen several variations before, including the rarer Collar badge that faces the other way.

Rob

[DAK Rommel]

Also 8 looks to be a Royal New Zealand Air Force King Crown Cap Badge. By the wear, I would say WW2 era for use on a Sidecap.

Rob

[Biro]

ROBB and Rob - Thanks a lot for your help boys...good work.

So that just leaves...
1
3
10
13
15
16

Any last opinions??

Marshall

[Wood]

1 looks like Royal Australian Air Force
16 Italian (gladius?) lapel insignia
Pete

[Jim Maclean]

10 looks like a Coldstream Guards cap star

[ChrisB]

1) is Kings crown Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) cap badge
2 is Home Guard
3) is Rifle Brigade reinforcement cap badge
4) is US Navy
5) Could be either the NZ onward badge (ww2 period)or the Expeditionary force (ww1 & 2 period)cap badge (depends what is on the base scroll)
6&14) US Marine Corps Eagle Globe and anchor (EGA) collar badge
7) NZ Engineers shoulder title
8) with all those letters can only be the (Kings crown) Royal NZ Air Force (RNZAF) cap badge
9) is the 9th (Wellington East Coast Rifles) Regiment cap badge
10)?
11) is the cap/collar badge of the NZ Rifle Brigade
12) collar badge Medical corps (will say if NZMC on base scroll)
13) is a cap/collar badge for the 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles
15,16&17) sorry to blurry to make out.

Hope this has been of some help
Cheers
Chris

[Biro]

Very many thanks to all the contributors in this thread....

You've done well considering the photo quality of the 'source' material

Again, cheers..

Marshall

[nellyp51]

Cool badges mate, go the Kiwis.

Very many thanks to all the contributors in this thread....

You've done well considering the photo quality of the 'source' material

Again, cheers..

Marshall

[nellyp51]

I have actually come into a paper bag full of New Zealand badges, My uncle sent them to me so I will have to take a few shots and get them on the forum for comments.