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Badge, regimental   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Badge, regimental
Object type Souvenir/wars
Classification: NM3.13091
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English: Italian badge, 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 Italian regimental badge, flaming ball-shaped grenade with black cross above crossed battle axes, metal badge on red, white and green rosette, metal badge, fabric ribbon rosette, (made in Italy)
Date 05 Sep 2007; 1943-1945; (1939-1945); World War 2-wars; 07 Aug 2007
Dimensions notes: h x w: 80mm x 78mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2007.78.44
Place of creation Europe; Africa; Italy; North Africa; Greece
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2007.78.44
Notes Italian badge, 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 description- Italian regimental badge; flaming ball-shaped grenade with black cross above crossed battle axes; metal badge on red, white and green rosette; metal badge; fabric ribbon rosette; (made in Italy) 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.
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