Morgan badge collecting has begun in earnest in the 1980s, when the number of Morgan clubs grew and with that the badges. The phenomenon of meeting-badges was introduced and the bigger clubs with several centres (in particular the Morgan Sports Car Club) issued an increasing number of centre-badges.

 

Collectors of the Morgan badges could be found all over the globe. The most enthusiastic of them even reached a collection of several hundreds of different ones. The top collectors even have passed the mark of 1000 different Morgan badges!  These are few and far between, though.

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To get that many Morgan-badges, asks for dedication and perseverance! These terms are fully applicable to the Belgian top-collector Mark Verhasselt, who has passed the 1500 badges line, while his collection continues to grow!

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In 2021 he reached this milestone, while the Morgan Sports Car Club reached its milestone of 70 years of existence. For that occasion a special series of 7 badges -one for each decade- was produced and these all ended up in Belgium. In honour of this, a special display was created.

Along with the 7 numbered copies, also the regular Morgan Sports Car Club 70th anniversary badge was purchased and added to the same display.

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In the background picture, part of Mark's immense and very well-organised collection is visible. He hasn't tired of collecting yet and is always on the hunt for unusual Morgan badges or varieties on them.

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The more badges one sees, the more varieties are being discovered. This is an ongoing process, so who knows when the 2000th Morgan badge will be discovered!

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Enjoy the view.