Here is the '164' number found on the Matador tailgate. Also the back of the two together. Also the tailgate showing where they were attached. (Note also the where the smaller troop/vehicle number plate was attached above these plates (same both sides)).
I am still not convinced these are not WW2. There is no evidence to the contrary that the badge was not used during WW2. As the IWM state is only probable that the badge was adopted when the 5th AGRA was reformed post war, but thats not a definite. Some AGRA's did have their own badges. If the AGRA number 164 was not allocated post war, what was this 164, we have, allocated to ??
Both plates were fixed with horizontal screw positions meaning the arrow was pointing North East.
Richard
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