[billy]

Well have located the Birmingham Mint version and posted next to that posted originally, obvious to see Ducal Crown missing and no mounting holes for one!

There are differences in the scroll, comparing the "Royal Warwickshire" is crisper than on the Birmingham Mint version, as is the Hinds head and tail? There appears to be some age to the unplated originally posted badge, could the Birmingham Mint badge have been made from this Die?

Or could the original badge posted be an unfinished one? for the Mint? how then to explain the better crisper detail? also rear finish to scroll on original looking more like a casting than a striking?

A lot of similarities to the Birmingham Mint version but to a better / crisper front, at a loss to appearance on the rear?