I am starting to think that the red backed badge is early for scarlet mess dress, so maybe full dress? It was more common to see full dress scarlet than scarlet mess dress during the unification period (unless grandfathered, of course). The green backed badge looks typically green for the period. They are both private purchase badges, so the size may be a little off; badges from that period are all over the place when it comes to consistency. It's difficult to tell the size from the photos and those badges aren't particularly large to begin with.
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