I am the Langley part of Edwards and Langley.
The enamelled versions have always intrigued me, as there has never been found an official reference to issue.
My opinion [for what it is worth] is driven by 80 years observation of Treasury, War Office and Defence Ministry parsimony. It is that there was never any need to spend good money on an enamelled version, so good money was not spent. This is an example of Inherent Military Probability, and Occam's Razor.
I believe the enamelled badges are ALL private or unit purchase, a vanity item. There is no reference to them in RACD ledgers, Clothing Regs, Vocabs or COSA. It remains for the believers to offer proof, which certainly does not lie in our book of Proficiency Badges, written all of 33 years ago.
As ever, I could be convinced by authoratative evidence.
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