WW2 NZ 2nd Division, 7th anti tank regiment color patchs=one pair

#*WW2 NZ 2nd division, 7th Anti Tank regiment color patch set*#

  WW2 color patch depicting the 7th NZ Anti Tank regiment. this patch looks great on any slouch hat or tunic used for display or reenactment.,  patch is a Reproduction item with good stitching and nice color,  hand made and fully stitched no glue is used.patch has a hessian backing just like some of the original patches of ww1 the hessian helps keep the patch,s shape gives it form and strength ,This is a good quality item., most color patches of WW1 and WW2 where hand made and no two are exactly the same.,

The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the Second World War. The division was commanded for most of its existence by Lieutenant-General Bernard C. Freyberg. It fought in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert and Italy. In the Western Desert Campaign, the division played a prominent role in the defeat of German and Italian forces in the Second Battle of El Alamein and the British Eighth Army's advance to Tunisia.

A New Zealand 2 Pounder AT gun mounted to a light truck belonging to L Troop, 33rd Battery, 7th New Zealand Anti-Tank Regiment in Libya, November 1941.

New Zealand anti-tank gunners from 7 Anti-tank Regiment at El Alamein a 6 pounder gun, on the back of a truckduring the opening phases of the Alamein breakthrough in October.

In late 1943, the division was moved to Italy, taking part in the Eighth Army's campaign on Italy's Adriatic coast, which ground to a halt at the end of the year. In early 1944, the division formed the nucleus of the New Zealand Corps, fighting two battles attempting unsuccessfully to penetrate the Gustav Line at Monte Cassino. The division saw further action on the Gothic Line in Italy in 1944 and took part in the Allied 1945 Spring offensive, which led to the surrender of German forces in Italy in May. After returning to New Zealand, reorganised elements of the division formed part of the occupational forces in Japan from 1945.

**you are bidding on the  patch.s only not the hat or puggaree they are for display only**

             7th NZ Anti Tank                        Regiment

              red over blue

                diamond

**sale is for two patch,s=one pair**

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        will be posted registered mail in Australia

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