A good scarce die stamped Blackened brass example.
Two hex lugs to the reverse, with darkened silver tips.
VGC
Worn by the 33rd Reinforcements to the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force who departed New Zealand on 31 December 1917 during the First World War (1914-19). The cap badge features three Huia bird feathers and the motto ‘Huia Tatau’ (let us band together). The badges were struck in either brass or bronze, normally blackened with silver tips.
