Hi Mike, Putting makers' names on badges is not a consistent practice. Most often makers will put their name on officer's badges, but even then it is not an absolute rule that it is done.
"Expensive" is relative. At the time, the badges were made for wear, and not subject to values being placed on them by supply and demand in the collectors' market. We are the ones that are making some badges expensive. If you compared the manufacturer's costs between badges, most came in fairly comprable with each other. Badges which were more expensive to make were usually the bi-metal badges.
The Garrison Regt is a bit of an exception to this observation. My understanding is that the bi-metal badges we find on the market today are all officer's badges. Even then, they were not all hallmarked, and in fact, I don't know if any were hallmarked. The plastic Garrison Regt badge seems to be even scarcer than the officer's bi-metal pattern. Mazeas indicates that the plastic Garrison is post-1945, which would make it a fantasy badge. The Garrison Regt had been stood down long before that time.
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