1st Regiment Canterbury Infantry hat badge

Bert Gill’s Canterbury Regiment hat badge1st Canterbury Regiment badge

This badge, featuring a white crane and the motto ‘AKE AKE KIA KAHA’, was first used by the Canterbury Volunteer Corps in 1863. The design was based on the personal arms of the regiment’s second commanding officer, Major T Woollaston-White.

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1st Regiment Canterbury Infantry hat badge
Collection Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, presented by Mrs CN Weir, 1980.19, W2354
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