THE KING'S BADGE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, May 15. The announcement that the King's Badge is to be issued to men who served for a minimum period of seven days in the forces within New Zealand is received with disapproval by returned men. The badge, undoubtedly, has been cheapened by the new order. The King's Badge can be worn by a man who went unwillingly to camp after being ballo.tted, and who was discharged medically' unfit eight days later. The returned /men naturally will prefer to wear the R.S.A. badge. The difficulty of the military authorities has been to know where to draw the line. If the issue of the King's Badge had been confined to men, with overseas experience, many men who were retained ia New Zealand for military duty in the camps and elsewhere would be excluded. Similar objection could be taken to any other limitation, and the authorities, after obtaining a ruling from the War Office, are making the issue comprehensive
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1919, Page 6
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165THE KING'S BADGE. Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1919, Page 6
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