Original Australian & New Zealand WWI Scarce ANZAC Cap and Collar Insignia Lot – 56 Pieces Total Original Items

Original Items: Only One Lot of 56 Available. Soldiers’ headwear has always featured some form of insignia demonstrating regimental identity. Over the years, the design of these badges has evolved, reflecting changes to unit names, structures and traditions, as well as uniform regulations.

Soldiers wear a badge on their uniform as a way of identifying the regiment or corps to which they belong. Many badges feature symbols that are important to the unit. These might include links to a sovereign or royal dynasty, the regiment’s city or county origins, or a famous battle honor.

Originally, the colonel of a regiment could put whatever device he chose onto his soldiers’ headdress. But things became more regulated from the mid-1700s. Since then, the design of regimental badges has been controlled by the Army’s high command.

The badges in this lot include:
-2 Australia Shoulder insignia
-2 Hat Badges for the 61st Battalion Queensland Highlanders
-2 Large Australian Commonwealth Military Forces hat badges 
-2 New Zealand “Onward” Cap badges
-4 Small Australian Commonwealth Military Forces hat badges
-2 Australian Army Chaplain’s Department hat badges with MAKERS MARKS for Melbourne.
-2 Australian Field Artillery cap badges
-4 Army Service Corps badges, 2 big 2 small
-2 Australian Army Medical Corps badges
-2 33rd Battalion hat badges
-2 Wide Bay regiment badges
-2 Australian Army Artillery badges
-One Hindmarsh Regiment 43rd battalion hat badge
-One 40th Derwent regiment badge
-27th New Zealand badge
-Several small number pins and badges, great examples.

This is a fantastic assortment of scarce ANZAC insignia, ready for further research and display!