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26-07-16, 11:25 PM
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Original design for Royal Tank Corps hat badge.
ROYAL TANK CORPS BADGE COLLECTION.Q 42819
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...5818/large.jpg Original design for Royal Tank Corps arm Badge.Q 42818 http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...5817/large.jpg First World War British Army Tank Corps Headquarters brassard approved in August 1917 and declared obsolete in June 1918. The Tank Corps was formed in 1917 from the Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps.INS 7679 .....armband,buckle, label blue red-edged cloth armband (W 105mm x H 175mm) with Tank Corps emblem (white and black-edged 'tank') in the centre and a buckle. The attached label has the inscriptions: ROYAL ARMY CLOTHING DEPARTMENT / STANDARD PATTERN No. 9574 / 1917 / Obsolete 18.6.18(in red ink) Armlet, cloth, blue, with scarlet edging, and Emblem of a Tank in white / M.G.C. Heavy Branch (crossed out in red) / 16.8.17 Tank Corps (in red) / Headquarters, France / 18160 / Q.M.G. 7 / 1917 / 2.7.17 / Approved 8.8.17. On reverse is Item 2615 (in red). http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...d%2520insignia Tank Corps Brigade Staff brassard of the type approved in August 1917 and declared obsolete in 1921. armband, buckle & label blue cloth armband with Tank Corps emblem (white and black-edged 'tank') in the centre and integral buckle fastener. The attached label has the inscription: ROYAL ARMY CLOTHING DEPARTMENT / STANDARD PATTERN No. 9575 1917 / Armlet, cloth, blue, with Emblem of a Tank in white / M.G.C. Heavy Branch (crossed out in red) / 16.8.17 Tank Corps (in red) / Brigade Staff, France / B.M. 18160 / Q.M.G. 7 / 1917 / 2.7.17 / Approved 8.8.17 3573 / stamped: Obsolete 7.4.21 / 24446 / Q.M.G. 7/1918. On reverse of label is 'Item 2637' (in red). INS 7680 http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...d%2520insignia The Tank Corps was formed in 1917 from the Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps.The brown, red and green of the Corps colours are said to signify 'from the mud and blood to the green fields beyond'.Height 110 mm,Length 175 mm INS 7678 http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...d%2520insignia
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27-07-16, 10:18 AM
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Nice to see the level barrel of the 6pdr gun on these early badges.
regards
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