WM MGC Are these Canadian ?

[dragonz18]

Hi, looking for some answers on a couple of my badges .
Had these for quite a long time now.
they are.... Cap & collar ....Standard MGC badge, crossed mg's & crown above
but are die-cast WM. both have 3x lugs to back & Stamped J.R.GAUNTLONDON & 'Made in England' also(Usually a sign that the item was made for export ) Came from Canada ,lot origionally had 6x large brass buttons , 2 stamped with Gaunt of Montreal's mark.
Post WW1 ?
Cheers !
Steve

[Bill A]

Hello Steve, The items in question sound like they are likely post First World War Canadian Machine Gun Corps badges. Being they are in wm, they would be officer's badges.

[dragonz18]

Thanks Bill !
Makes sense. They look like Officer's types
Used up till mid 1920's, like the UK ones ???
Cheers !
Steve

[Bill A]

Hi Steve, They were used until 1936, when the CMGC battalions were amalgamated with infantry regiments, and those regiments were designated as Machine Gun. The CMGC "disappeared" as a corps. However, some officer's of the unit continued to wear the badges into the early Second World War. There was an interesting photo of an officer wearing the MG badges in a string on the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment? (Which I can't find right now...)

[Staffsyeoman]

The British MGC went to white metal/silver for the last couple of years of their existence (1920-22) as well. Officer's small collars also became the cap badge.