Badges were retro fitted to be removable from KD to facilitate regular laundering. Hooks and eyes were the most common method but I’ve also seen blades and a circular plate fitted with loops stitched to the back of bullion badges. Survivals are rare as bullion badges tended to be damaged over time and replaced with new. I don’t think that it would enter the mind of a Foot Guards officer to play dress up in anything that wasn’t regulation for the purposes of a photo.
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