Material: Silvered brass
Size: 15mm w × 30mm h
Description: This die-struck white metal insignia is a single uniform collar badge for The King's Regiment (Liverpool). The crisp design depicts the iconic Liver Bird, the legendary avian symbol of the city of Liverpool, clutching a sprig of seaweed (laver) in its beak. Standing proudly in profile upon an organic ground bar, the bird is surmounted by a prominent King's Crown (Tudor Crown). The reverse side features its complete, original mounting hardware consisting of dual vertical copper attachment lugs securely threaded with a functional brass securing pin for immediate field uniform placement.
Circa: 1902-1952
Notes:
The regiment expanded astronomically to form an astonishing 49 separate battalions during the Great War. This made it one of the largest single infantry regiments deployed by the British Empire. Over 15,000 of its men paid the ultimate sacrifice across key theaters including the Somme, Ypres, Salonika, and the North West Frontier.
Men attached to the regiment were awarded a total of nine Victoria Crosses during WWI. Most famously, Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse—a Royal Army Medical Corps doctor attached directly to the KLR's 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion—became one of only three people in global history to be awarded the Victoria Cross and Bar (winning the highest medal for extreme valor twice) for rescuing wounded men under blistering enemy fire at Guillemont and Passchendaele.