One other thought on this badge (well the cap badge anyway). During the war the set was introduced for a variety of people - artists, correspondents, scientists and aircraft designers/specialists etc who needed some form of recognition whrn moving around, although its debatable how fully it was worn by those types.
Just post war it was authorised for Chaplains Assistants too, the 'trade' it's most associated with. As there would have been little need for the others (artists etc) to have been in uniform as we moved into the 50s, would the badge have ended it's days just worn by the Chaplains Assistants (being the reason it's associated with them) and when was it abolished, if indeed it was?
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