SPECIAL BADGE FOR EX-SERVICEMEN

Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22535, 20 March 1943, Page 4

SPECIAL BADGE FOR EX-SERVICEMEN

Invalided Personnel (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Mar. 19. “The King has approved the institution of a badge for use to personnel invalided from the naval, military and air forces and the Merchant Navy through wounds or war disablement attributable to service in the present war,” said the Acting-Minister of Defence (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) today. The badge, which will be known as the Invalided Person Badge, consists of the Royal and Imperial cipher surmounted by a crown and surrounded by a circular band bearing the inscription, “For Loyal Service.” It is one Inch in diameter, made of white metal, and fitted with a buttonhole attachment for women. “The issue of the badge to members of the Merchant Navy,” said the Minister, “will be limited to cases in which there is a disablement of so serious and prolonged a character that the man can no longer follow the sea, or which is sufficiently serious and prolonged to entitle the man to the continuing award of a pension, although not so serious as to prevent his returning to sea. “All ex-servicemen, ex-servicewomen, and ex-members of the Merchant Navy who consider they are entitled to the badge must make application to the Director of Pay Accounts and Base Records. Wellington.”