It was common practice in TA Regiments to have a second badge for "tactical" use...... normally an A/A badge painted dark brown or black. I also have a bi-metal, from the late 1960s, that has been painted bronze brown on the face of the badge ...... but not the back of the badge.
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Gruffydd M-J
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"A Yeoman from the Stalwart Rural Cavalry"
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