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05-07-11, 06:03 PM
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King's Liverpool or West Kent?
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#3
05-07-11, 06:23 PM
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If £22 is too much, anyone who is interested can have this badge for £20 ( inc. p and p) and you can call it what you like.
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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05-07-11, 08:31 PM
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Doesn't look like Royal West Kent to me; more like Kings. David
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05-07-11, 08:42 PM
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Andy
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#6
05-07-11, 09:01 PM
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Looks broken to me, a five-eight pound badge worth pennies as it has no scroll. If a scroll turned up it would be Dave I'd be calling. It would have to be a really rare badge for a collector to invest in if it is broken.
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#7
06-07-11, 06:46 AM
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I think the highest bidder might have a spare "Wiltshire "scroll.
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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#8
06-07-11, 03:45 PM
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King's and Queen's
PB,
Can't let this go without this suggestion! No disrespect intended to collectors to these fine Regiments! Just Photoshop! No brazing involved. Tim
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"Manui dat cognitio vires - Knowledge gives strength to the arm" "Better to know it but not need it than to need it and not know it!" "Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest." Last edited by grey_green_acorn; 06-07-11 at 06:37 PM.
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06-07-11, 04:49 PM
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Tim,
The possibilities are endless, now all I need is a fake MGC cap badge and the soldering iron and the next step will be E bay. 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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06-07-11, 07:29 PM
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Quote:
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"Manui dat cognitio vires - Knowledge gives strength to the arm" "Better to know it but not need it than to need it and not know it!" "Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest."
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#11
06-07-11, 07:47 PM
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KLR might have some further comments to make. The Kings did have a pattern of badge without the scroll.
Attached is a picture of the Kings Liverpool collection of Harry Usher a well known collector from the 1940`s and 1950`s. You can see that he had an example of the scroll less badge which is below the Liverpool Rifles badges and above the Liverpool Irish ones. I believe the badge illustrated had two lugs to the rear. It may well be that the puchaser of the badge on E bay thought that he was buying a scarce badge,but my opinion is that it is actually a pre 1926 pattern badge with the scroll broken off. 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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#12
07-07-11, 05:36 AM
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I had been watching this badge for a while - it never had a scroll. I recognised it immediately - there are some particularly distinctive elements to it. I know exactly what it is as I found the relevant identification at the National Archives. I have a version with lugs. I'm a little surprised that it was in use up to the introduction of the slider.
I would be very interested in getting in touch with the buyer. He/she has acquired a number of interesting King's badges recently. I am doing a lot of research for a (serious) book on King's badges (1881-1958). There are well known collectors here that I'm working with but the chance to meet exchange information with other collectors would be most welcome ! Julian
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