That image seems to be AWOL, MJ...…… 
Anyway looking at the pictures, the curve of the boot lid, and the subtle curve of the badge itself to fit the boot (look at one from above) I'm using the width (including chrome border) of the red parallelogram as a baseline and the bottom left corner as the datum point.
I reckon it's about 1.5" (38mm) wide. The corner is about 50% of that (3/4", 19mm) in from the side and about 65% of that (1", 25mm) up from the bottom.
The gap between the two halves is trickier to estimate, but probably only about 1/8" or 3mm.
My 5mm separation is clearly too much and now I know the whole thing must come off! But how to refix it, is there a recommended double-sided tape to use or will any reasonable type do? I have some very thin transparent tape that should do the job, it has no "padding" in it unlike numberplate or mirror fixing pads.
PS: As a footnote, my current S8 came to me with both an S8 and 4.2 badge on the rear! I hadn't noticed the issue but was soon "told off" by the good people here.
The 4.2 badge came off PDQ, but I have to say that no-one noticed my S8 badge was in the wrong place - call yourself experts? 
This does make me wonder if the first owner had ordered it "de-badged" and a subsequent one had the badges fitted, doubly-incorrectly, as he wanted to show off his S8? There's no sign of any accident damage or repair and I'm pretty sure the boot lid is original, not least because of the rotting grommets! 
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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