"Footed" lugs on AAC collar badge?

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Originally Posted by magpie

I think you'll find the lugs are replacements, the originals would have been cast in with the badge as one piece, look at the two lines the go down through where the lugs would have been where the mould would have seperated to release them

I think you'll find that the lugs are original and have been re-attached at some point. They are near identical to those I have on a pair of collar badges gifted to me by a former glider pilot regiment officer over 35 years ago. As you can see, they're not exactly smothered in braze so likely a weak point on these.

The two raised lines are just casting anomalies, like the line shown on the right wing of the badge on the left in my photo.