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RND MG Battalion Badges
A group of RND MG Battalion items attributed to Pte Harry Hilton MGC. Identity discs impressed to the MGC with accompanying cap badge. Also his scarce RND MG Battalion patches depicting a fouled anchor embroidered in Navy Blue on a light blue cloth backing both uniform removed.
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Very nice!!! Thanks for sharing.
Terry |
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Wow ... very interesting. Not seen these before. Also interesting to see standard MGC Cap Badge, without RND below.
Mike |
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Lovely little set Mark.
regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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is this lot for sale please ?
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kind regards, Michael |
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No I am afraid not
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A very nice little group!
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Top Dollar paid for an original 2nd Machine Gun Company A.I.F. collar badge. Top Dollar paid for original 1st, 2nd and 3rd (NZ/3/MGC) New Zealand Machine Gun Company badges. |
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Very rare and very nice, thanks for sharing
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Very interesting, what is the actual naming upon the BWM/AVM pair?
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Hi Frank,
The medals are unit marked to the MGC. There is much discussion on the MGC Tank Corps Group on Facebook about how an MGC soldier was in a RND MG Company as his records have not survived. |
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If the RND were short of trained machine gunners the MGC would be the natural place to pluck some oven ready machine gunners if needed.
Perhaps he felt more attached to his MGC origins than his new unit so retained the MGC cap badge rather than the altered RND MCG but was obliged to wear relevant battalion cloth insignia and shoulder titles. Just my stab in the dark… |
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190th Machine Gun Company, 190th Brigade, 63rd (RN) Division?
What's his number please? |
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That’s the unit Leigh
155192 is his number Pte Harry Hilton MGC |
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Great research, great comments
Thanks everyone Mike |
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WO329 states to Class Z Army Reserve upon the 4th of March 1919.
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