was there an indian MGC and if so did they have badges?
 

hi all
hust wondering was there an indian MGC and if so did they have badges?
im interested to see any pics of Indian badges to do with machine guns
cheers
bc

No.
In WW1 I think one of the Auxiliary Force units was attached to the British Machine Gun Corps. Don't recall whic one.
In WW2 some regiments like the Dogras had machine gun battalions attached. I've seen medals named as such.
No specific MG badges as far as I know. A made-up Jodhpur Lancers Machine Gun BTN shoulder title occassionally surfaces...

thanks Khyber
i have seen the Jodhpur Lancers Machine Gun BTN shoulder title and know it as a make believe item
just wondered if there were any others that may be genuine.
interesting how the British army had MGBs and so did NZ and had their own badges. Australia had a few but really only the rising sun.
anyway, thanks for the info
bc

Hi BC,

In WW1 Indian cavalry units on the western front formed MG Sqns but continued to wear the badge of their parent unit. Post 1922 there were MG Companies of the Auxiliary Force India which wore a shoulder title MGC with A (examples exist with it situated both above and below). The AFI detachment in East Africa wore a shoulder title : Volunteer Maching Gun Company. The Coorg & Mysore MG Coy AFI had a special embroidered badge. The Bikaner State Forces also had a special MG Coy badge. During WW2 the badge of the newly raised Mahar MG Regt featured crossed machine guns. While Indian infantry regts raised MG Bns the only one to have a distinctive badge was that of the 12th Frontier Force Regt which wore a shoulder title with MG above a curved FF REGT.

Thanks for this...forgot the Marhar Regt (!), been looking for their badge for some time..they keeping up but seem to be fakes/poor copies...

Do you have a pic of the FF Regt MG ST (?)

Hi,

The FFR MG Bn pic is attached.

thanks all for the replies.
thanks koi_hai for the pic
are there any other Indian Machine gun pics of badges people can show?
cheers
bc

Hi bc,

The Bikaner MMG badge is attd. Not much is known of this unit; also a shoulder title of the Coorg and Mysore Motor MG Bty, AFI (1920-1923) and a badge of the Coorg and Mysore Motor MG Coy, AFI.

Lovely stuff Koi hai!
I recall now that I have seen the Coorg & Mysore patch before.. maybe on this forum? If you ever want to sell the patch and ST let me know. I stay in Bangalore and collect Bangalore-Mysore related stuff-- among other things 😁

hi all
was there a Sikh MG badge?
i think ive seen OSD badges in a Bosleys auction
any pics?
bc

Oh yes there is !!! forgotten about that too .. getting old !!?

thanks khyber
would anyone have a pic of these?
bc

I tried searching on the net but no luck. I had bid on one in 2017 on ebay but can't find rhe photo.
The badge is a quoit with a crown above and MG/Sikhs within the circle.

what do you think of these?
sorry the pic is very bad, but ive never seen anything like them.
im trying to get better pics
bc

Yes, this is the one. I've asked Ashok Nath. He will send them to me in a while and I will then post them.