The tell tales signs for me are the 3 leaves and the bow that is right at the very bottom of the brooch (almost awkwardly from a design perspective).
Also - and maybe I am reading too much into this - the Vanguard is a brooch given to Princess Elizabeth for launching the HMS Vanguard in 1944 (I think I got the date wrong in my previous post).
So I can see HM choosing this brooch for the review a series of naval vessels.
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