New Zealand. A Lot of Seventeen First War Cap and Collar Badges Archive on 10 September 1943

on 10 September 1943

encompassed by a blue enamel border inscribed “IN FIDE SALUS” (SAFETY IN FAITH) with three stars at the bottom

measures 290 mm

A clasp constructed of die-strick

the reverse with engraved signatures of the four pilots with date

New Zealand. A Lot of Seventeen First War Cap and Collar Badges Archive on 10 September 1943Sixteen in bronze, eleven of which incorporate gilt, the seventeenth badge with a two piece construction in bronze gilt with a silvered base, in a variety of sizes, one with an intact slider, fourteen with both lugs intact (one of the badges attached to a period chain and fob), two badges with one of two lugs intact, ranging from near fine to better than very fine.