Story: Voluntary welfare organisations

Patriotic badge

This enamel badge was made by silversmith G. T. White for sale at the Wellington Patriotic Society's queen carnival in 1915.

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Margaret Tennant, Voluntary welfare organisations – Welfare services expand, 1890s–1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/29052/patriotic-badge (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret Tennant, published 24 February 2011.