Using Pattern Numbers to date badges is not a precise science. However, many/most 1960 Pattern badges have Pattern Numbers in the 190** to 191** sequence with cards dated to the early 1960s.
I can only identify a few brown on khaki badges with Pattern Numbers in the 103** sequence which would date them back to the late 1920s. These would be embroidered in cotton threads and for Service Dress not specifically Guards.
There are subsequent more recent issues in the 245** sequence which are embroidered in synthetic threads and are a more greenish hue and are specifically for the Household Division. They would date from the 1970s or later.
Tim
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