Badge
Description
A fabric badge of the New Plymouth branch of the Young Men's Christian Association ( YMCA ). The shield shaped badge is printed on red felted fabric. It features an image of Mount Taranaki / Egmont at the centre. The mountain has an inverted triangle in front of it with " NEW PLYMOUTH / Y.M.C.A / 50 MILES " written in red across the triangle.
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Object detail
Subject person
Classification
Credit line
Badges
like
this
one
were
awarded
to
only
those
who
completed
a
4
day
and
3
night
trek
around
the
Mount
Taranaki
/
Egmont.
The
start
and
finish
of
the
tramp
was
Camp
Waiweranui,
on
the
banks
of
the
Stoney
River
and
the
the
overnight
stops
were
at
Dawson
Falls,
East
Egmont,
and
Camp
Challenge.
Only
a
few
of
these
badges
were
ever
awarded
such
was
the
difficulty
of
the
trek.
Accession number
PA2009.075
Collection type
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