New Zealand.

Scarce WW I brass cap badge with two loops,makers plate for Gaunt London and original green cloth shaped backing to the reverse,worn by the 1st.Wellington Rifles. The Crest of the Duke of Wellington. [This unit along with men from the 3rd.Aukland were the first New Zealand troops to leave the country on active service in WW I as part of the Samoan Expeditionary Force] [See Corbett's book page 209]