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#2
11-07-09, 03:08 PM
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What would the initals mean? Lewis Machine Gunner? Looks like the LG badges that used to be around,( sleeve badges) for Lewis Gunners I believe.
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11-07-09, 03:31 PM
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Is it not Light Machine Gunner?
Tom
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11-07-09, 03:56 PM
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There is a continuing debate as to it is Lewis Machine Gun(er) or Light Machine Gun(er)..... going on since 1914.... so....
 Jo
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11-07-09, 04:45 PM
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Great, that conundrum will get solved quick then......
 Tom
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11-07-09, 10:57 PM
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hi all,
thanks for the replies. 'Lewis' or 'Light' is OK,by me. The actual country of origon is what I'm after here ? It is flat backed (very smooth) & looks to be struck(?),much like a Shoulder Title. May have had some 'hand-finishing' ,also? Cheers ! Steve Last edited by dragonz18; 11-07-09 at 11:26 PM.
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#7
11-07-09, 11:16 PM
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One other option Steve, would be to check for any other countries that used the Lewis gun.
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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12-12-09, 03:25 PM
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Quote:
The conclusion is surely that there were better things to do than worry about inventing a new badge for a new weapon when the Bren came along, as LG was already for all Light [machine] guns. After all, MG stood from 1913 to date as the Medium Machine Gunner First Class badge, and nobody agonised over adding an extra M. So LG = at first Lewis Gun, then = Lewis and Hotchkiss, and, latterly, Light [machine] gun.
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03-01-10, 03:15 AM
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hi steve
is the badge cast or cut from sheet metal? if cast, i would go Indian if sheet metal, maybe Sth African, or maybe trench art? definately not australian or NZ bc
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