Thanks for your posting Paul - so maybe I should be a bit suspect of it being an original because it was fairly cheap? I don't know if it's relevant but this design does appear on page 179 of Reginald Cox's Military Badges of the British Empire 1914-18:
Having said that reading the text on the following page this particular example seems to be a bi-metal one, but Cox does confirm that there was an all-brass economy version as well. Perhaps someone out there as an authentic badge to compare this one with?
Regards
Martin
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