Hi there Pete and Paul
Looks like Paki made to me.
The size is too big, the bullion embroidery with black lines are typical of this style of Paki produced patch's.
These first started appearing in the mid 80's when I started collecting, they were mainly 82 and 101st and had the same manufacturing style.
So these are now 30-40 years old and will have some age to them. I'm not sure if this one is faded or they used incorrect colour felt.
Japanese never used felt.
They used high quality bullion and raw silk to fill in the design (hand made) which have a different look and they also used rice paper as a backing.
Phill
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