Guards Machine Gun Regiment
Its a very good question, I have a number of these plain backed fixed shank buttons for various regiments, but not actually a GMGR. I have always wondered about their authenticity and purpose.
I think if genuine and period this would be an Other Ranks quality button but is it issue or private purchase?
The 1915 Priced vocabulary of clothing and necessaries says that the Other Ranks of the Guards were issued with Regimental design buttons rather than General Service pattern so there is no reason why they shouldn't exist for this late war short lived unit.
Rob
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