Thought I’d throw this new arrival into the mix.
Whilst not Lambourne made it is in my belief from a die that has been ‘hobbed’ by the manufacturer to erase the tablet in order to produce TF badges.
Member Neiblungen has made some very insightful posts on this process.
My badge is from the same die as this lovely WM example recently sold by Geoff
https://www.gnmilitaria.co.uk/viewph...h=23894&phqu=2 . Again it shows the same ghost of Egypt and has no reverse impression on the tablet.
For me the questions is, is this an all GM 1916 TF South Lancs or a BB badge which has lost its finish or did the TF Battalions ever wear an all GM badge before/after WW1?