cap badge, cap badge
Accession Number
NAM.1970-12-162-1-26
Description
Cap badge, officer, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, 1918-1920. Gilt metal with two gilt metal loops upon the reverse. Superimposed upon crossed Vickers medium machine guns, a frosted Garter with burnished edges bearing the burnished motto, and surmounted by a monarchial crown. Within the Garter the pierced cypher, 'GR', reversed and interlaced. Below all, a frosted scroll with burnished edges bearing the burnished title, 'Guards M.G. Regiment'. From the collection of Maj H G Parkyn.