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Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 31-10-15, 10:03 AM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 52,981 Posted By badger123 Well there's your answer Andy! Well there's your answer Andy!

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 31-10-15, 08:57 AM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 52,981 Posted By badger123 Yes Andy, it does look the 2 plates are a later... Yes Andy, it does look the 2 plates are a later marriage as you say (the seller does say that too). In answer to your question would B&P still be using their hallmarks after being taken over by...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 13-07-14, 07:32 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 52,981 Posted By badger123 Very nice Andy. Now the ones with chains on... Very nice Andy. Now the ones with chains on I can definitely see as being sweetheart badges as the chain is a safety feature to stop the badge from being lost. Some things don't change though,...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 13-07-14, 06:50 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 52,981 Posted By badger123 Wasn't that short lived at the start of the... Wasn't that short lived at the start of the introduction of the slider Julian or did it continue into WW1? It doesn't look like the Barnsley Pals soldiers in the picture are using a socket but I...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 13-07-14, 06:24 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 52,981 Posted By badger123 For most headdress, the slider seems suitable. ... For most headdress, the slider seems suitable. The problem with a traditional slider is that it could quite easily fall out of the Foreign Service Helmet puggaree. A pinned badge won't fall out. ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 13-07-14, 05:05 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 52,981 Posted By badger123 True, I've seen them but I've also seen them on... True, I've seen them but I've also seen them on badges used on military headdress. There's a couple of threads about the subject. ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 13-07-14, 04:49 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 52,981 Posted By badger123 Go on Simon, I'll fall for it. What makes... Go on Simon, I'll fall for it. What makes you so sure it wasn't used in any headdress of any sorts? There is some evidence to show that broached badges were used in Foreign Service Helmets. ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 12-07-14, 07:55 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 52,981 Posted By badger123 Or maybe even his dress, you know what Guards are... Or maybe even his dress, you know what Guards are like (I am going to get some stick for that aren't I). Yes Julian, the scar is clear, close up it l looks broken off unlike some very neatly cut...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 12-07-14, 05:52 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 52,981 Posted By badger123 Guards Machine Gun Battalion This looks good to me but any suggestions why a broach fitting? Normally I would say it was so it could be fitted to a pagri but did the GMGC serve in hot places? Thanks, Ivan

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