Mike,
I think there is enough navel gazing or people will think we are a bit anal!
Looks like penny roo was the original intention and became the accepted only one in the end. Sometime in the middle someone drew the bad design and put it in an instruction and it was used for some undetermined period but probably not by everyone in the division.
When I was in the Army the Regiment CO decided the Pilatus Porters would have a shark tooth design on the noses. They were just painted in our workshops and the army knew nothing about it. Numerous "who approved that design?" questions came from visiting senior officers including RAAF officers (who have final approval on aircraft markings) but we just soldiered on until the end and nobody did anything about it. I don't know if it was ever officially approved.
I think, no, I know, lots of independent action takes place in the military that is denied by non-military historians who believe a written document or instruction is proof something did or did not happen. You must have come across this a million times in your job.
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