TTN (your #153),
".... Wound stripes were commonplace in WW1, when they took the form of a metal plate fixed with two lugs and a split pin. I think their reintroduction in WW2 was a bit of an afterthought - certainly they don't seem to have been widely worn".
It is quite possible that they lingered in India in WWII long after they had gone out of use in the UK. Mine was issued to me in '44 or '45, it ws about an inch long, 1/8 in wide gold braid on a cloth backing to sew on my K.D. tunic right lower sleeve (should've kept it).
Danny.