The replacement from Latvia arrived. It was quite dirty but cleaned up surprisingly well with just washing up liquid and a sponge.
I've fitted it to the car and it looks good and is working well. The colour match isn't perfect, I think they're meant to be the same colour but either the batches were slightly different or they have faded differently over the ~20 years. But it's the part of the handle you can't really see it doesn't look out of place.
I'd still be interested in another spare if anyone has one as I'm now paranoid that it will break again.
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