In the case of the RCR, there was time overlap in the wearing of badges. It has been observed that quite a mixture of patterns were worn at the start of the Second World War.
The imperial crown pattern with the lugs and 50's sliders are virtually the same on the obverse. It appears that these badges were worn late in SWW and into the Korean era and later. I don't think there is any obvious differences, that can be attributed, to sort the badges as specifically wartime or post war. As far as post war differentiation, the use of sliders would date the badge to the mid 50's at least.
Basically, I don't think there is any clear way of saying this badge was WW2, and then this pattern was post war.
Last edited by Bill A; 14-12-09 at 06:03 PM.
Reason: clarification
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