✅ SOLVED logo on pin

[beau-bc]

could be green enamel on copper? can't figure out logo.Birks and a pin on back.

 

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[BrianB]

The logo is the medical symbol, pair of snakes intertwined around the staff with the wings on top, on right are letters, looks to be a T,W,S, from what I can make out.

 

[bigfoot1]

an area for research....veterinary technician

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The logo is the medical symbol, pair of snakes intertwined around the staff with the wings on top, on right are letters, looks to be a T,W,S, from what I can make out.

caduceus... I also see the TWS entangled. S possibly for School.


We really should also have a pic of the back. We may be able to date it by the Birks manufacturers mark or it may give us some more key words to search.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

an area for research....veterinary technician

why?

 

[Phil_The_Rodent]

Looks like the caduceus is really a symbol for economy and commerce pre-1902. It does look like a school pin though. I also see TSW.

 

[Breezie]

I think it looks like a Nurse's pin. The letters could also be TSY or TS"V" (Technical School?) I would suggest looking for nursing and medical schools in the area in which you found it. Are you in BC, Canada? Was/is there a medical school in "V" Vancouver? A pic of the back would be helpful too.

Neat find
Breezie

 

[GpSnoopy]

Thanks, Breezie, you got me thinking about region and changing the letters around.

Vancouver Technical School

This is their new temporary site, but it shows their logo Vancouver Technical Secondary School - Welcome!
History Our School History - Vancouver Technical Secondary School

 

[Breezie]

Thanks, Breezie, you got me thinking about region and changing the letters around.

Vancouver Technical School

This is their new temporary site, but it shows their logo Vancouver Technical Secondary School - Welcome!
History Our School History - Vancouver Technical Secondary School

Snoopy, I was hoping if I put the "V" in quotations with the word Vancouver and mentioned Technical Schools it might spark some interest/research in that area. Way to go on finding the logo and the school! Breezie

 

[beau-bc]

Excellent ID,thank you for your research.Nice to find a local piece.

 

[bigfoot1]

why?

I noted with the limited time I had that the veterinary trade also used a very similar caduceus.sometimes single snake,other times two.I surmised the lettering to be tvs.Having seen several lapel pins(which I believed it to be)with a common logo of vt(2 of 3)I began looking into canadian applications for veterinary technician certification groups.Had to go to work and posted it as a research avenue hoping others would pick up the ball.
Is this acceptable chain of actions?Even tho the research not completed?

thx BCH for advice.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I noted with the limited time I had that the veterinary trade also used a very similar caduceus.sometimes single snake,other times two.I surmised the lettering to be tvs.Having seen several lapel pins(which I believed it to be)with a common logo of vt(2 of 3)I began looking into canadian applications for veterinary technician certification groups.Had to go to work and posted it as a research avenue hoping others would pick up the ball.
Is this acceptable chain of actions?Even tho the research not completed?

thx BCH for advice.

I didnt know veterinary schools used the caduceus. So I learned something. Thanks.