BADGES FOR SEAMEN
ISSUE TO BE MADE IN NEW ZEALAND
Seamen serving in New Zealand registered ships of the Mercantile Marine are to be issued with a distinctive badge which has been approved by the Government. This advice has been received from the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, by Sir Ernest Davis, an associate member of the New Zealand Company of' Mariners, who made representations on behalf of the company that such a badge should be issued.
The badge is silver, and consists of the letters M.N. surmounted by a crown. The badge has been on issue to seamen in the United Kingdom and Australian registered ships for some time, and its adoption by the New Zealand Government will be welcomed by the men of the New Zealand Mercantile Marine, who, although engaged in dangerous war work, have had nothing to distinguish them from civilians while ashore.
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Southland Times, Issue 24439, 20 May 1941, Page 6
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149BADGES FOR SEAMEN Southland Times, Issue 24439, 20 May 1941, Page 6
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