Luke, I own the former King/Seaman gilding metal ‘Starr’ marked example pictured in For Hostilities Only (2010). Hence, from the images below, you can see that the gilding metal version in the book is the typical Gaunt restrike pattern (displaying the central flaw on the crown, which is indicated by an arrow), and I suspect the bogus maker mark stamped on the edge of the slider is a later embellishment.
Alas, I do not have a genuine gilding metal version with the Arabic numerals in my collection. Moreover, I do own the related OSD cap and collars mentioned in the link; thus, I would agree with Seaman that the gilding metal trial badge should share the obverse traits exhibited on the bronze cap badge - notably the lilies, for a simple guide. Similarly, shared characteristics of the respective crown are also found on the unadopted 26H Roman numeral and 25D trial patterns.
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