In 1972/73 I picked up half dozen WRAC bimetal badges at a junk shop in Lee, SE London, a King's Crown lugged and some St Edward's Crown slidered. One of the slidered was exchanged with a WRAC in 'Derry for an anodised aluminium version.
It took me until a couple of years ago to get around to getting a slidered bimetal King's Crown badge, it came on a named, 1963 dated beret.
The badge fitting is different to the norm in berets, not consisting of a sewn on pocket on the inside of the headgear.
Presumably the lugged badges weren't considered suitable for use on women's headgear, the cotter pin being liable to catch in the hair and the style of badge fitting is an extension of this consideration.
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