Cast / Theatre-made Badges

[Jelly Terror]

I sometimes wonder about cast/theatre-made badges, in that whilst many are clearly taken from impressions of 'known' badges, others (such as the example pictured below) do not appear to have a specific 'parent' badge in the world beyond cast/theatre-made manufacture.

The pattern variation shown here falls beyond the parameters of the established/recorded QRWS variants that I am familiar with. I have been unable to find a matching example in the factory-produced realm that might have served as the original for this lamb.

Did Indian/Egyptian etc., badge makers generally exercise liberal amounts of artistic licence when casting; merging and mingling and making mongrels, the origins of which sometimes seem too dilute to trace?

I am wondering if members who collect the badges of other units have noticed such anomalies within their chosen areas of specialisation?

Regards,

JT

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