My sister managed to get hold of an old 3rd Auckland Regiment (New Zealand) cap badge from probably the 1950's. I was originally in this in 1964/5 before they were downsized and amalgamated into the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Took a slice of elk antler and polished it up, fitted two rare earth magnets on to the back and epoxied the badge to the front. Here's the result: Brian
Last edited by BEEDEE; 11th June 07 at 01:17 PM. Reason: corrected date!! Thanks Ayin
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That's really nice looking. How were you able to date the pin back to 1050's though. That seems quite a bit old, and if that's true congrats on the find.
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Very nice looking kilt pin Congratulations.
_drools_ primo pin Sir I would be interested to read anything about the origins and meaning of that emblem...
Originally Posted by Ayin McFye That's really nice looking. How were you able to date the pin back to 1050's though. That seems quite a bit old, and if that's true congrats on the find. It's from the 1950's, not the 1050's... T.
Originally Posted by Perldog007 _drools_ primo pin Sir I would be interested to read anything about the origins and meaning of that emblem... http://www.regiments.org/regiments/n...f/03auckld.htm http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nz/nz-infantry.htm Cheers, Todd
Originally Posted by Ayin McFye That's really nice looking. How were you able to date the pin back to 1050's though. That seems quite a bit old, and if that's true congrats on the find. I'm not really sure that there WAS a 3rd. Auckland Regiment in the 1050's. I don't think Edward III even knew about New Zealand.
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A very handsome pin. Cheers Jamie
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Simply stunning. Good job!
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