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badge, fundraising

human history
  • Other Name

    NZ National Service League badge, WW1 (descriptive name)

    Help Disabled Soldiers .. Children of Fallen Soldiers ([title])

  • Description

    New Zealand National Service League badge, WW1

    button badge attached to printed card

    Badge: circular badge printed in red, white and blue; red shield at centre with initials “N.S.L.” and motto above: “FIGHTING MEN FIRST” on white ground with two narrow bands of red and blue around edge of badge; badge is attached to card with pin fastening

    Card: rectangular card printed on both side; printed on obverse in red (around edges) and grey/green at centre; reverse printing is in grey/green

    obverse: [main text] NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE / Help Disabled Soldiers to help themselves and look after the Homes and Children of Fallen Soldiers. Price 1/-. All profits Go to Orphanage for Fallen Soldiers’ Children. / LADIES HELP OUR CAUSE

    reverse: main text: NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE / Badge of Honour / KNOW AND HELP ONE ANOTHER IN CIVIL LIFE; on lhs a diagram of the badge of honour, a circular badge with NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE / 110 around edge and at centre: FOR SERVICE

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Other Id

    2011.X.403 (temporary accession number)

  • Department

    History

    War History

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2011.X.403
  • Cultural Origin

    unknown

  • Primary Maker

     New Zealand National Service League (Made for)

     Daily Times (Printer)

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Date
    [1914-1919]
  • Associated Notes

    New Zealand National Service League badge, WW1

    description: button badge attached to printed card

    Badge: circular badge printed in red, white and blue; red shield at centre with initials “N.S.L.” and motto above: “FIGHTING MEN FIRST” on white ground with two narrow bands of red and blue around edge of badge; badge is attached to card with pin fastening

    Card: rectangular card printed on both side; printed on obverse in red (around edges) and grey/green at centre; reverse printing is in grey/green

    obverse: [main text] NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE / Help Disabled Soldiers to help themselves and look after the Homes and Children of Fallen Soldiers. Price 1/-. All profits Go to Orphanage for Fallen Soldiers’ Children. / LADIES HELP OUR CAUSE

    reverse: main text: NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE / Badge of Honour / KNOW AND HELP ONE ANOTHER IN CIVIL LIFE; on lhs a diagram of the badge of honour, a circular badge with NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE / 110 around edge and at centre: FOR SERVICE

  • Associated Event
    WW1; 1914-1918
  • Associated Person

     New Zealand National Service League

  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Associated Date
    [1914-1919]
  • Period

    World War 1, 1914-18/Wars

  • Media

    unknown

  • Subject Category

    fundraising/wars

    home front/wars

    patriotism/wars

    wounded/wars

  • Classification

    badge, fundraising

    Badge, Fundraising

    Advertising Media

    08 Communication Artifacts

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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