Cap Badge - The Manchester Regiment (Pre-1923). This badge was sold by Jim Purdy for $20.00 on e-Bay in the Spring/Summer of 2017. This badge was deemed irrelevant to the museum. The money was used to purchase relevant badges for the collection. This badge in bi-metal was worn by the regulars up to and during WW I. There was an all brass version which was unvoided and in gilding metal that was worn by the Pals Battalions of Kitchener's army in WW I. The Regiment changed its cap badge in 1922 from the coat of arms of Manchester to a new design - the fleur-de-lys, formed in brass. This was due to complaints from the Regiment that its men were fighting with the same cap badge as that of the Manchester Corporation tram drivers. The Manchester Regiment was formed in 1881 by the merger of the 63rd and 96th Regiments of Foot. The 63rd was originally raised in 1758 and became the 1st Battalion; the 96th which became the 2nd Battalion was raised in 1824. Many other battalions came and went during the Regiment’s history, including territorial battalions in the early 20th century and service battalions during the First World War. The Regiment has served all over the world including Egypt, Guadeloupe, Afghanistan, South Africa, France and Flanders, Mesopotamia, Malta, Malaya, Burma and India. After distinguished service in both World War I and World War II, the regiment was amalgamated with the King's Regiment (Liverpool) in 1958, to form the King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) which was, in 2006, amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment to form the present Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).