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Originally Posted by mike_vee
King died February 1952 , old (King's) badges would be used until new ones (Queen's) could be manufactured.
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The nuance to this is that the old badges would be worn until existing stocks ran out. Whilst new k/c badges may not have been manufactured until the sealed patterns were designed, approved and produced, this process would have taken some months and years. Even then the k/c badges in stores would have been issued before any q/c ones were produced.
This saw k/c badges still in use in 1958 when the amalgamations of cavalry and infantry brigade badges replace them with completely new designs. The 8th KRIH were still wearing k/c on amalgamation in 1958 for example.