For devices that were worn by the A.I.F., I have wondered whether the fixings/lugs on the back are a method of dating them...certain items - such as the numerals and the Corps identification acronyms - can be placed before the date of their being proscribed (presuming that their manufacture halted once the Department of Defence ceased to pay for them, though their use by soldiers may have continued long afterwards) but most of the items that I have ever come across are unmarked...were there specialist makers of fixings/lugs separate to the badge makers? - if so, could fixings that are found on an early badge able to be found upon a later item simply because of supply/stock holding by the badge striker?...are certain types of fixing used by an identifiable manufacturer?...the British-made badges would follow expected fixing/lug identities and the sand-case/theatre-made items would always be exceptions, but - especially among the Corps identities - certain items were quite crudely cast and others finely struck...does anyone know who made what for the A.I.F. - and when - just by looking at the fixings/lugs?
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