The mark is original to slider and there is no evidence that the slider has been refixed to the badge. LB&B were not founded until 1973 which was 4 years after the regiment had converted to RSIGNALS. I can't believe that LB&B would counterfeit Firmin's mark. It's one thing to add a fake Gaunt London mark to a badge but to use an existing firm's trademark to fake a badge sold for a few pounds would be very foolish. The fact that theses badges are not found in any numbers is odd if some one has gone to the trouble of producing this one. The die struck construction is very odd if it did come out of LB&B workshops as it's not characteristic of their badges at all.
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