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15-09-13, 07:54 PM
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One mans meat !
I had some good buys today but on reflection this is the one that I am most pleased with and it cost me £3.
It is a Kings Liverpool Regiment badge which has seen some action. The rear legs have been snapped and repaired with a small metal plate. The front legs have been connected to the scroll with another metal plate to stiffen the badge. The tale must have broken off at one time but again this has been replaced and is held into position with yet another small metal plate. The slider has apparently been clipped short and there are small indentations either side of the bottom of the slider presumably to fix something to hold the badge in place. Not the nicest Kings badge but what character it has. Has anyone anything similar in their collections that have had a hard life but are still full of character ? P.B.
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Interested in all aspects of militaria/military history but especially insignia and history of non regular units with a Liverpool connection Members welcome in my private Facebook group “The Kings Liverpool Regiment ( 1685-1958 )” 
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15-09-13, 08:35 PM
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Pattern 4362A/1896, originally made sometime between 1906 and about 1915, almost certainly by Firmin.
Yes, a piece full of history and on that has certainly been through the war(s) ! It looks as though the scroll has been reattached to the ground with very small rectangular patches over the 'tabs' !?
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15-09-13, 08:58 PM
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Tony,
Your right, what tales it might tell, I imagine the repairs were made in circumstances were it was not possible to get a replacement immediately as it would have been far easier just to get a new badge. Peter
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Interested in all aspects of militaria/military history but especially insignia and history of non regular units with a Liverpool connection Members welcome in my private Facebook group “The Kings Liverpool Regiment ( 1685-1958 )”
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#5
16-09-13, 07:23 AM
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Kings Liverpool
Peter
I also have a similar badge with the two hind legs broken. It was given to me by my father more than 70 years ago, along the way I must have broken the legs and he repaired the badge by soldering a piece of wire along each of the broken legs. In later years when I started collecting seriously I replaced it, but recently have re-added it to the collection. It has a wider ground than my other versions of this badge and with a bit of a hump rising towards the hind legs, more so than yours. Sorry I can not post a photo. Peter
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16-09-13, 07:41 AM
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Peter,
At least no one can say my badge and yours are duds. Peter
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Interested in all aspects of militaria/military history but especially insignia and history of non regular units with a Liverpool connection Members welcome in my private Facebook group “The Kings Liverpool Regiment ( 1685-1958 )”
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#7
16-09-13, 09:17 AM
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Peter,
Here's a Cheshire badge that also has a storey to tell. http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ad.php?t=16558 Cheers Tony.
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For Christopher night night son.
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#8
16-09-13, 12:12 PM
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DCLI emergency repair
I came across this little bit of ingenuity quite a while ago.
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16-09-13, 01:15 PM
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Tony, I knew I'd posted re Edwardian Cheshires...couldn't find it on this thread so I've done it again!
My favourit old Bays arm badge, also got a Bays broze with broken blades that's had a 'workshop' repair with a slider fitted.
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