Bonnie, In reference to your question about Crown Copyright, I don't believe it applies after a certain period of time. See this section:
12. Without prejudice to any rights or privileges of the Crown, where any work is, or has been, prepared or published by or under the direction or control of Her Majesty or any government department, the copyright in the work shall, subject to any agreement with the author, belong to Her Majesty and in that case shall continue for the remainder of the calendar year of the first publication of the work and for a period of fifty years following the end of that calendar year. [S.C. 1993, c. 44, s. 60(1)]
This would make most material dating before 1965 public domain.
To further muddy the waters, not all the badges were property or copyright of the government. Especially CEF badges. Many were procured by the units themselves and they held the the dies and designs. Only a couple of the badges worn during the period are in used today. (For example the RCR badge design is very similar. I would want to check with the PPCLI before using anything in their lineage.) The same can be said for king's crown badges. Many of their designs are 80 years old, the badges designs are heraldically incorrect, and again many of the units do not exist.
If you have other information, it would be good to be informed.
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