OFFICIAL BADGE
A small fern frond will be the official badge of the Second New Zealand Division.
All _ regimental badges are to be abandoned in the meantime and the fern will replace them as the distinguishing mark of the Division. This will do away with the multiplicity of badges which at present characterise the various New Zealand units and which are rather confusing to overseas people. Under the territorial system each company of each battalion has a separate distinguishing badge. These are at present being worn by many of the territorials who have joined up, but very soon they will be replaced by the fern, the recognised emblem of New Zealand, made so familiar by the All Blacks. During the 1914-18 war, the only unit which had one general distinguishing badge was the New Zealand Rifle Brigade; all others retained their separate company badges. Units of the Second New Zealand Division, such as the artillery, signallers, engineers, etc., will be distinguished by coloured hat pugarees and by metal letters containing the ‘initials of that unit worn on the shoulder straps of their tunics.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 23, 1 December 1939, Page 3
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183OFFICIAL BADGE New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 23, 1 December 1939, Page 3
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