Tartan Rally

Jeff Mitchell of the Mercury MCC invited some prodigal badges to return home.

I'm webmaster for Mercury MCC and I've been asked to try and complete a "History of the badge" page for the Club website... It's not been easy 'cos we went through a period where Mercury members didn't get badges for our own rallies (yes, really..!) and only paying visitors got them... So there is a real problem with putting together a complete collection...

I do have some that you don't have though, and as a gesture of good faith, I've included a rare one for you with this e-mail (I hope it gets through to you...) It's the 1983, 10th Anniversary Medallion (cast in spelter by an MMCC member...) Many were lost as they didn't come with a pin or clasp... This is the best of 4 scans I've done... the medallion is very shiny and not too crisply cast, so the definition was extremely hard to get... I hope it's good enough for you.

If you can share any images, I'd be VERY grateful...

BTW: Ted was correct... The cat poo badge (another one of mine - it was supposed to be bronze!!) was the 30th Anniversary of the Tartan, in 2003... (My 1st year as MMCC Chairman...) So the next Tartan Anniversary will be the 40th in 2013... If you could correct those details in the Tartan rally report on your site, I'd be grateful...

- Jeff Mitchell
Mercury MCC