Awesome, thanks for the photos of the badges with provenance. I have a couple of diecast hat badges and collars like yours with exactly the same lugs, and although everything looked contemporary I've spent a lot of time looking at those lugs with their long flattened feet and wondering if they were kosher.
The metal RAA shoulder titles were officially abolished in 1916 but given the absence of colour patches until late in the war I'm not surprised they continued to be worn.
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