Thanks very much for all your input your knowledge of this badge is amazing and really brings the find alive for me I cannot wait to share the information with the farmer ,it was found in West Lothian scotland next to a pathway across a field that I had tracked down on old maps where I have found a number of coins relating to the the late Victorian period the best of which was a gold half sovereign,who knows maybe it was lost by the sailor.
In relation to the fixing there was the remains of a clip attached to the back just below the crown which came away revealing base metal ,looking at the pictures it was in fact a clip to attach
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