NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE CAP BADGE, WW1
Brass cap badge of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
Featuring a lion holding a pennant flag above the words: "Soyes Ferme".
'SOYES FERME' on the badge means Stand Firm.
Worn under the shoulder (a practice unique to Rifle Brigades) and was used to distinguish battalions.
Donor, Esma/Esme Berryman (born 1923) was the daughter of Alice Matilda Markey (nee Chitty) and William James Markey, so the badge is likely to have some connection with a member of one of these two local Toodyay families.
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The New Zealand Rifle Brigade was formed on 1 May 1915 as the 3rd Brigade of the New Zealand Division, part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. During the first World War it fought in Egypt, against the Senussi, and then on the Western Front. It was disbanded on 4 February 1919.
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