Martin, it was a very quick reply that I wrote earlier (you deserve a longer one) and I couldn't find my notes on the IWM KLR badge - and still can't !!! I think I may have been too hasty about it's length.
I've just looked up the details of all the 1896 pattern King's badges I have with sliders (all 15 of them - I write down full descriptions etc of each new badge). The sliders range in length from 34 to 39 with the average at around 36.
Furthermore, being the anorak I am (I blame it on my museum career !) I also measure the length that the slider projects below the badge, thus I list them as eg 36/9. Again, there is a clear average of about /9, though the longest I have is 40/17 !
This - to me - begs the question of what a standard length is ??? Particularly after 1906 ?
Anyway, I'll do some real thinking for an even more tedious reply !
J
PS it was 1915 not 1916.
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