That's an awful lot of chocolate!
The crown on the badge is Queen Elizabeth II's, so the badge dates from after 1952 (Compare with your dad's WW2-era hat badge with King George VI crown). This badge has either been silver plated as a sweetheart memento, for a special ceremonial purpose (there are numerous chrome, nickel, or silver plated items for ceremonial use; bayonets, belt buckles hat badges, etc), or was used by the Armoured Corps (who have everything chromed, although they have only recently re-adopted the slouch hat in favour of the black beret).
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