BADGE TO BE ISSUED
PERSONS INVALIDED FROM SERVICES
(P.A.) Parliament Bldgs., March 18. The King has approved the institution of a badge for issue to personnel invalided from 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, Rt. Hon. P. Fraser. The badge, which will be known as the Invalided Person Badge, consists gI the royal and imperial cypher surmounted by 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 men and a brooch 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 disablement of so serious and prolonged character that the men 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 him returning to the sea. All ex-servicemen and ex-service women and former members of the Merchant Navy who consider they are entitled to the badge must make application to the Director or Pay Accounts and Base Records Office, Wellington.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 65, 19 March 1943, Page 3
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