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Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 09-07-11, 08:54 AM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell The bugles are mass produced at a place called... The bugles are mass produced at a place called Sialkot in Pakistan. It was once a principal centre for the manufacture of British Indian Army insignia and the sub-continent's equivalent of...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 02-04-11, 07:05 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell Yes, I'm sorry, I did not make myself clear. I... Yes, I'm sorry, I did not make myself clear. I meant 'as per' sealed patterns, not the actual patterns themselves. As an aside, I thought members might be interested in the following resume: ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 02-04-11, 04:37 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell It would be great if someone could post a... It would be great if someone could post a definitive display of all the sealed patterns for GMGR. Someone must have them.

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 31-03-11, 06:31 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell Museum staff often seem to have very little... Museum staff often seem to have very little interest in badges and insignia. I don't know why but they seem to see it as small fry and not worth bothering about. A strange attitude methinks, but...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 25-03-11, 10:52 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell Malc, what in 1918 became the 4th Battalion of... Malc, what in 1918 became the 4th Battalion of the Guards Machine Gun Regiment, was from 1916-18 The Guards Machine Gun Battalion, with its own badge in the form of a cap star. Conversely, the 1st...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 18-03-11, 11:27 AM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell I thought you might find it interesting to see... I thought you might find it interesting to see some shoulder titles and collar badges as well.

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 10-09-08, 05:49 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell We need comment from Guards Museum. Dress... We need comment from Guards Museum. Dress regulations would have been of much less import at the time we are talking about, even in the Guards. I still say do not be obsessed with re-strikes. ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 09-09-08, 10:15 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell " which still leaves all sorts of possibilities... " which still leaves all sorts of possibilities "......Precisely! And I am glad you said it. This was a war in which the Motor Branch of the MGC had their first badges made up by a local garage...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 09-09-08, 09:19 AM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell It could I suppose have been a 'specimen' for... It could I suppose have been a 'specimen' for consideration by the dress committee or maybe originally plated (although there ought to have been traces of the plating even after all this time). ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 08-09-08, 11:39 AM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell An interesting conundrum. It might even have... An interesting conundrum. It might even have been a pre-production test piece, or even submitted as a specimen for the Dress Committee to view before approving the final pattern (I have seen this...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 02-09-08, 02:38 PM

Replies: 287 Guards Machine gun badge. Views: 53,012 Posted By Toby Purcell I cannot be sure but the most likely scenario is... I cannot be sure but the most likely scenario is that this is a badge worn by Full Serjeants or Warrant Officers. It has long been the practice in the Foot Guards and Scottish Line that SNCOs/WOs...

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