Hi Steven,
Thank you for the excellent and detailed response.
I often find that the descriptions provided on badges are often very basic and provide very little detail.
This is one of the main reasons why many questions are asked about the details of badges over the passage of time.
It was also a common practice for nurse's to have their names engraved on the reverse of their badges, I have one in my collection.
The brass badges that I have are of the same quality as the other similar "goat in the port-hole" types so I believe that they were legitimate issue.
I do have a number of postcard photographs of South African medical personnel in both Richmond and France during WW1 which may assist you in your research.
Regards,
Will
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