"Military Badges of the British Empire 1914-18" by Reginald H W Cox (The Standard Art Book Co, 1982) shows an illustration of the badge amongst "Some Typical British Armbadges" on page 245 stating that they're usually of brass or gilding metal, the majority also woven on cloth. It's shown actual size (25 mm tall).
For once, the poor quality of the image isn't down to my lack of photographic skill, the image in the book is very faint.
"Cox" contains a mass of info and illustrations relating to what it says on the can but back when it was published every dealer I knew claimed it wasn't reliable and shouldn't be taken as "gospel".
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