I think what Dean is saying is that instead of 6th Bn DLI using and blacking a standard WM DLI badge, of which there would’ve been lots, they used BB.
And that DLI’s found in GM / brass and sold as WW1 era 1916 all GM issues are not.
The inference I believe is that the 6th went against the grain of the standard metal badge.
I’m no metallurgist but I don’t wonder if perhaps there is something about the property of blacking GS compared to GM. A lot of volunteers HPs, which are found in BWM, do often get a faded look even on areas which wouldn’t attract much wear such as the recesses of cross arms.
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