Sorry I missed your last question. Yes it is indeed a fake Smith & Wright mark and differs from the real thing in several respects.
For starters the mark is on two lines, the only two line Smith & Wright mark which I believe to be genuine is found on the disc-shaped 2nd pattern GvR Royal Defence Corps badge, KK1063.
The size and spacing of the marks are also wrong. Several, like yours, have overly large spacing. Also note the rounded letter ends to the font, this is typically fake.
The mark on your badge is from a series of fake marks that cropped up some years ago. All are in the same
Sans Serif font and they lack correct full stops and/or underscoring in the correct places.
This tranche of fake marks included some well known but also several obscure makers and outfitters e.g.
BP .& .CoLD.B’HAM
BUTLER ..48.. VICTORIA ST
............BIRMINGHAM
CHARLES REEVES
F.E.WOODWARD B’HAM
GLADMAN & NORMAN
.SPENCER ST. B’HAM
GROVE MGF B’HAM
J.W. TIPTAFT.. &.. SON LTD
.............BIRMINGHAM
JOSEPH STARKEY
JENNENS & Co. LONDON
JONES.. &...JASON..LTD
.........BIRMINGHAM
LAMBOURNE & Co
.... BIRMINGHAM
SMITH .& ..WRIGHT LTD
.........BIRMINGHAM
.. STARR
PUTNEYSW
SUTTLE CAMBRIDGE
THOMAS FATTORINI
...........BOLTON
W^D
I may have missed some.
The attached images are of the two Smith & Wright marks I consider genuine. I’m sure you can see the significant differences between them in all aspects mentioned above.
My observations and reply are in respect to metal badges only, not AA’s.
Finally, yes sadly you were ‘Marshed’
. Those PoW plumes are the dreaded ‘dumpy feathers’. Overly square, fat and ribbed etc. they are from the Martin Marsh catalogue and any badge you encounter with them is a fake.