Having an undeniable Mexican vintage aesthetic, this is a pin that has a nearly 100 years old age & is in well kept condition & is made by a artist I've heard of, but don't know much about..

This pin is made with a "Leaf atop of a Leaf" design, where the top portion is cut out & then overlaid atop of the wider portion. A oval cab of Amethyst sits in between the separated design. The age is validated by not only the "C" clasp, but the hallmarks with one being her raised "Elma" lettering & the other being "Mexico Silver ".Some of the earliest pieces that came out of Mexico had this hallmark & or the raised lettering.This is also a "Pre-Eagle" piece,where it lacks the eagle stamp which they didn't start stamping on items till after 1948..The metal gauge is very durable & is not flimsy & bendable,but rather nice & strong..

This tests to be at least sterling, but could have a higher silver content (Like a 980-990 purity) but can't say since my acid tester only goes to sterling.And without a number of any of these purity's stamped on the backside,I can't honestly say. But knowing jewelry like I do,I would say this may possibly be 980 silver since there's no heavily darkened patination that you get with sterling over time & is pretty bright,which purer silver tends to have with age.