I hadn't noticed the flaws on the obverse, didnt look too closely, it was just another OSD badge albeit with slider. I took the nubs on the reverse to be markers for tangs that were never added.
There was for a short while a shop under the station that sold items including ground dug badges, I asked where they were sourcing the badges and was told from a large army base area in the UK, they obviously feared that I'd rock up there with a trowel and a JCB if they were more specific.
It could be that "Treasure Hunters" was that shop doing what it said on the can in which case this badge was probably at least worn if not manufactured in the UK.
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