unknown shied/sweethearts/monogram?

[badgecollector]

hi all
any ideas what this is?
I've always thought circa WW1 1917,but the hallmark S could indicate 1942 but looking closely maybe even 1967?
English made in Birmingham by V & S Vaughton & Sons
anyway, looking forward to your thoughts

BC

[Captain Darling]

I do not know anything about the pin but regarding dating looking up the silversmith makers stamp of V & S I get Vaughton and Sons on the British Hallmark site, then searching that silversmith found the below approximate trading date of 1906 to 1916 so I would go with the WW I year, 1917 (approximate trading dates and delay on hallmarking make the 1917 mark extremely likely). They are still trading today but just as Vaughtons.

From the Science Museum site
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

Vaughtons Limited
NATIONALITY: British
Established Birmingham 1819 as silver and goldsmiths; Vaughton & Son from 1889; Vaughton Brothers 1901; P Vaughton & Son, c 1906 to 1916; 'makers of all kinds of medals, badges, tickets, challenge cups and shields, vases, salvers, spoons, etc., for every kind of sport and competition'; 1908 appointed Medallists to the Olympic Games at the Franco-British Exhibition.

Out of interest I quickly searched the initials C B K on the NAA and I couldn’t find a record with those initials and a surname starting with S (got a record of C K B White! Long shot doing a quick search with only the initials!)…

[badgecollector]

thanks Captain or do i call you Darling?
yes, WW1 with what seems to be an Australian military connection but for what?
thanks again
BC

[trueblue]

Interesting there are 2 types
Perhaps for Male and Female use
Mine is Hallmarked for Brimingham1918
Vaughtons maker