Looks like a piece of leaverite.
With the llama probably from Peru.
No reason they would look close. The OP's signature was done with a junky "engraving" pen,the Ebay sig was done with a professionally made stamp.
In the second photo the stone appears to have air bubbles.
If it were natural turquoise the water would soak into the surface.
Looks like dyed/stabilized mystery stone,put a small drop of water on the stone and see what happens.
Very included amethyst.
That alloy is shakudo,mostly used as accent inlay or small items like knife handles,tsuba,minuki(small objects wrapped on sword handles".
There appears to be marks on the twisted wire below the scarabs also. Do you have a loupe or magnifying glass?
Looks like marks between the scarabs on the ankhs.
UK is carat"CT"= American karat"KT."
Looks student/hobbyist made,lower level patina polished off.
No carving/engraving on the piece,the wires were fused much like the granulation process with small spheres.
A number of countries use the 1000 mark for pure silver. https://www.antiquers.com/threads/siver-bracelet-marked-1000-where-is-it-from.23731/
Red and black patches are patrol patches,green bar patch is a patrol leadership patch.
Looks like someone made a mold of an original and cast a poor copy.
It doesn't appear to be carved,possibly made with mitsuro hikime wax.
Need a better photo of the maker's mark.
The 'pools' of silver is solder not plating.
It's hard to tell from the photo,but it looks like it was sized with a piece of 14K gold. [ATTACH]
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