Machine Cap Badge

**Geoff Withnell** · 8th January 12, 03:35 AM

Ok I'll start this off. Saw this ;

http://buyakilt.com/machine-crest-cap-badge

and being an engineer I had to have it. Ordered it two days before Christmas, and got it yesterday, which for Royal Mail and USPS this time of year is pretty good.

Welcome, Buy-a-Kilt to the XMarks merchants.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 8th January 12, 06:14 AM

Isn't the motto on that Latin for "Don't let the bastards get you down?"

**Lyle1** · 8th January 12, 06:39 AM

That's a great motto!

**Spartan Tartan** · 8th January 12, 06:56 AM

That was my first unit's motto! We had it written in Latin on a plaque in the HQ office. Good times.

**Geoff Withnell** · 8th January 12, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

Isn't the motto on that Latin for "Don't let the bastards get you down?"

Grind you down, actually. Close enough for government work!

**opositive** · 8th January 12, 08:36 AM

great find.

**Zardoz** · 8th January 12, 09:02 AM

That is a cool badge, I have one I got few years ago from a vendor at a motorcycle rally of all places, I had to quit wearing it after people started commenting on it being steampunk....

**Piper** · 8th January 12, 05:49 PM

I have the same crest on a kilt pin. Unfortunately, exactly where I bought it has escaped me for the moment.

**Ryan Ross** · 9th January 12, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Geoff Withnell

Grind you down, actually. Close enough for government work!

Well, if you want to get technical, the intire motto is composed of fake Latin. Look it up, and you'll see what I mean.

**Geoff Withnell** · 10th January 12, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by Ryan Ross

Well, if you want to get technical, the intire motto is composed of fake Latin. Look it up, and you'll see what I mean.

Oh, I know it's not real Latin, but the phrase is traditional, and normally "translated" "Don't let the b@stards grind you down". I've seen it in various signs and such around machine shops for almost half a century.