It seems very likely that the a/a one was likely intended to be worn by both the TA and cadets.
The w/m one has a sealed pattern of 1949 but I reckon it was several years before stocks were used up of the brass ones.
The TA bns reportedly had badges chromed for a parade,( I seem to remember by Gaylor?), but this has passed into folklore and I think it unlikely that they only wore these nor that they were the only ones. Whether they wanted chromed ones because they still had brass ones or someone thought that the w/m ones were in need of extra shine is unknown to me.
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