WAR SERVICE BADGES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 169, 21 July 1941, Page 4

WAR SERVICE BADGES

TWO ALREADY AUTHORISED PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION i • Comprehensive regulations to control an.l protect the badges which the Government may authorise for war [service have been gazetted under the [title of War Services Badges EmerIgency Regulations, 1941,” s aid the [Minister of Defence, Hon. F. Jones, in iWellington on Saturday. : "Two badges have already been approved by the Government. The first of these is the Invalided Persons : Baage, which will be issued to perIsonnel invalided through war service from the armed forc c s and the merchant marine. The badge is similar in .design to that adopted in the United | Kingdom. It is circular in shape and [bears a cypher of the Sovereign, surrounded by the words ‘for loyal service,’ and is of a pattern easily distinguished from that issue during the last war. The badge will be issued by the department concerned, and applications should not be forwarded by individuals.

I “The second badge, which will be i issued to men serving in the Merchant [Navy, bears the letters ‘M.N.J surI mounted by’ a naval crown. This will serve as recognition of the important part played by the men of the Merchant Navy in maintaining vital sup- ! plies. i “The badges are at present being manufactured and it will not. be ncessary for applications to be made by* individuals, as the P.larine Department is aivanging for issue of the badges to all seamen.’