I'm sorry not to have had as much time to look at this thread as I would have wished.
I had no clue about 'scratch bright' at first but as I caught glimpses of the contributions it occurred to me that it might be related to what Major Edwards stated in the first (1951) edition of his celebrated ‘Regimental Badges’ - that ‘great changes [to badges] are afoot’ and specifically that ‘In future all officer’s badges, normally made in silver, will be in silver plate’.
I have a hunch that "frosted" silver superseded "silver plate" but I might be wrong - in any case, I'd love to know when FS first appeared !
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