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button, uniform (x3)

human history
  • Other Name

    German uniform buttons, WW2 (button name)

    25577 Gunner EA (Ted) Frost, 7th Anti Tank Regiment, NZ Artillery, 2NZEF (associated name)

  • Description

    German uniform buttons, part of of collection of badges and buttons kept as souvenirs by 25577 Gunner EA (Ted) Frost, 7th Anti Tank Regiment, NZ Artillery, 2NZEF, WW2

    metal buttons with embossed German eagle (x3)

  • Place
    [Germany]
  • Associated Place

    Greece

    North Africa/Africa

    Italy

  • Accession Number
    2007.78.38
  • Accession Date
    05 Sep 2007
  • Department

    History

    War History

German uniform buttons, WW2 [2007.78.38] - front view

Images and documents

Images

  • German uniform buttons, WW2 [2007.78.38] - front view
  • German uniform buttons, WW2 [2007.78.38] -rear view
  • German uniform buttons, WW2 [2007.78.38] - ruler view

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2007.78.38
  • Primary Maker

     unknown (Button maker)

  • Place
    [Germany]
  • Date
    [1939-1945]
  • Associated Notes

    German uniform buttons (x3), part of of collection of badges and buttons kept as souvenirs by 25577 Gunner EA (Ted) Frost, 7th Anti Tank Regiment, NZ Artillery, 2NZEF, WW2

    Ted Frost grew up on a Waikato farm. He enlisted for service in 1940 joining the 7th NZ Anti-tank regiment. He served in Greece (was in one of the last groups to get off Greece), North Africa (wounded at Sidi Rezegh) and Italy. On his discharge from the army Ted bought a dairy farm at Te Hoe in the Waikato. He met and married his wife Honour Marshdale in 1946.

    The collection includes personal gear - including a knitted skull cap made by Ted or by one of his mates, sewing kits, souvenir cloths, and souvenir badges, together with a selection of photographs and papers documenting Ted's war service and rehabilitation.

  • Associated Event
    WW2; 1939-1945
  • Associated Person

     Gnr Ted Frost

     7th Anti-Tank Regiment

     German Military: WW2

  • Associated Place

    Greece

    North Africa/Africa

    Italy

  • Associated Date
    1939-1945
  • Period

    World War 2/Wars

  • Media

    unknown

  • Measurement Description
    diameter: 16mm
    height: 8mm
  • Classification

    Button, Insignia

    Insignia

    Status Symbols

    Personal Symbols

    08 Communication Artifacts

    button

    uniform accessory

    uniforms

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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