Chris,
My understanding is that a batch were made as trial badges in the old design with k/c. They were worn for a trial period by an RAOC Coy. They were not popular and there were problems with them. They did not go into general issue if for no other reason that the RAOC probably had huge stocks of the old ones in brass to use up. As it was the corps changed its badge design soon after and the new smaller badge was made in bi-metal and in a/a (although the latter is very scarce). Even when q/c ones were inroduced these were initially made in bi-metal and later on in a/a.
The Ordnance badges were all in issued in both metal and a/a versions but it was not until the Q/C that they were universally worn in a/a across the Corps.
Alan
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