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| British Machine Gun Corps WW1 Cap Badge |
The Machine Gun Corps was formed in October 1915 consisting of Infantry, Cavalry and Motor branches and and later in 1916 by the Heavy branch which later became the Tank Corp. Originally Machine guns were not appreciated by the British army and would be issued to sections of infantry Battalions and Cavalry regiments. However after a year of warfair at the western front it was realised that machine guns, to be effective, most be used in large units with highly trained men. The Machine Gun Corps was formed. It went on to much front line action, sometimes fighting ahead of the troupes. The Cap Badge is made from brass with two crossed Vickers machine guns on top a kings crown. A slider fitment to the rear.
This is great. I have a trench art match box case with this badge on it. It's from Ypres 1916-1917.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, There is a lot of trench art around. But some like yours have cap badges etc attached in some way. I know that some trench art was made after the war for tourism. After all what would you do with all those empty shell cases!!
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