Hello Dan, thanks for the further clarification. The reason I would think documentation should exist somewhere is that the badges had to be refinished and there would have had to been an expenditure authorized for that. It would make sense that an existing inventory of badges were used, but the additional finish would have required some sort of paper trail.
As with many corps and branches, the change over to "unification" insignia was phased in as new branch badges were authorized. An associated question, is who wore the Infantry Branch badge? If the Tri-service badge was worn by recruits, when was the Infantry Branch badge worn?
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