Very OLD?
(Certainly appears OLDER than the one we sold last month? , Shown in
images # 4 & 5 but NOT INCLUDED, or even available)
Has "flowers" as an added EXTRA embroidered on the wreath....maybe for a higher rank? or perhaps just a manufacturer's "variant"?
ONLY the "OLDER" looking badge (and buttons) seen in image # 1 & 2 are for sale here
The cleaner (newer?) badge was already SOLD
U.S.S.Co. officer's hat badge with superb condition enameled badge center, this FRAGILE enameled part is often found damaged
This SUPERBLY PRESERVED enamel cap badge will display nicely in your collection
INCLUDED are TWO OLD U.S.S.Co. officer's large size 1" uniform tunic BUTTONS
One finished in Gilt, the other in White-metal
I understand that the Gilt buttons were worn by the Ships Officers & Boat Crew, and that the White-metal (Silvered) buttons were worn by the Stewards
REFERENCE material "Borrowed" from FABULOUS New Zealand Navy collectors reference book by Barry O'Sullivan of Christchurch (available for sale ASK if of interest?)
But its is HEAVY and postage will be costly = TWO softcover volumes LOADED with TONS of INFO. & Images
HISTORY of the U.S.S.Co.(From Wikipedia)
The Union Steam Ship Company (USSCo) was formed in Dunedin in 1875 to take over the fleet of the Harbour Steam Company
A fusion of Otago & Scottish capital, the USSCo was ably led by James Mills & dominated the New Zealand coastal & trans-Tasman trades by the end of the 1870s
In 1890 the company took over the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co. It also operated mail liners to Vancouver & San Francisco, Pacific Island steamers, & a small service to the United Kingdom
By 1914 the tonnage of the USSCo's fleet exceeded that of the five largest Australian shipping lines combined
The company's market dominance earned it the nickname the ‘Southern Octopus’. The USSCo was sold to the British shipping giant P&O in 1917
It came under joint Australian & New Zealand ownership in 1972 but struggled in the 1990s under the control of corporate investor Ron Brierley
In 2000 a tug & barge made the last voyage before the 125-year-old Union Steam Ship Company was liquidated🙁
If you buy more than one badge ?
We will happily COMBINE these....... so that you pay only a single postage charge
All badges are unconditionally guaranteed 100% GENUINE for life, that guarantee INCLUDES their cost of postage BOTH ways
The "for life" part ? means that you cannot ask for a refund after you have died :-)
Do please VIEW my ***26 + years *** FEEDBACK selling history on E-Bay !!
Any questions please message me well before my listing's end-time
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