RAOC Officers NZ BD

[Unionjack]

Asked for pics of this in another thread so here they are.

It's a New Zealand made item, 1943 dated.

Any suggestions as to the purpose of the red tapes are welcome.

[Jerry B]

Looks really good. I read something about a similar subject recently and from what I remember it was a company distinction, with different colours for the different companies. If I can find it again I'll try and confirm more details, though I might be thinking of some other form of distinguishing companies and this might be of no relevance what so ever.

Probably not relevant, but South African forces wore a red/orange strip in this position on their shoulder straps.