From a Friend:......
As for the badge in this email, it's a British chaplain cap badge worn between about 1910 and 1931. Canadian, Australian and New Zealand chaplains also wore the same pattern for differing periods with the Aussies wearing it the longest - up to the end of WW2. The badge came in several slightly different variations mostly due to different manufacturers. Likewise the fasteners were different - some were lugged, others were fold over tangs like this one. The finish may be somewhat pebbled or pickled like this one or totally smooth. They also came in different metals - gold or gilt, silver, copper, brass. The last three types were usually blackened but chaplains being somewhat individualistic, would often polish off the blackening to bring out the metal underneath.
This badge, however, is definitely British made and worn.
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