A Rare Pre-1949 Territory of New Guinea Native Constabulary Hat Badge.

Brass. Kings crown. 3x lug reverse. 36x50mm.The Territory of New Guinea was an Australian-administered League of Nations and then United Nations trust territory on the island of New Guinea from 1914 until 1975. In 1949, the Territory and the Territory of Papua were established in an administrative union by the name of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. That administrative union was renamed as Papua New Guinea in 1971.