The numbers were adopted during WW2 and in Wiltshire mirrored the local Home Guard Battalions who did much to train the ACF when the TA left to go to war in 1939. They are just printed numbers a per the war-time shoulder titles in the same material as the Home Guard.
Post-war the slip on Wiltshire titles were replaced with sown on examples.
I don't know but I would suggest that all the Wiltshire badged Detachments wore the maroon backing post-war. The colour picture is probably from the 1960's.
In an officers photogragh I also have the officers are wearing a Lanyard on both Battledress and BD. I don't know if this was a Wiltshire Regiment thing or Cadets specific.
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