Machine Gun Corps

[Frank Kelley]

If your examples are not good, it should not put you off collecting MGC, original badges are very common and were made in considerable numbers, ultimately the Corps was able to recruit for itself and was not reliant on men coming in from other branches, moreover, during the final year, before the armistice, the MG Companies started to become MG Battalions.
The manpower was huge, the problem you will have with the cap badge is the cost, when I started collecting badges as a child an original MGC could had from a local antique shop or stall, with ease, for a couple of quid, there were fakes around but the difference was not really difficult to spot in the way they were made when compared side by side.

Originally Posted by Home Guard

Thanks Luke, very helpful, and now I understand. I no longer collect MGC, but am curious if any or mine are good. I run and check mine every time something new pops up.

Terry