After rewatching the TV series, The Americans, I started to notice that in later seasons, such as seasons 5 & 6 the recurring character Claudia (Margo Martindale), who serves as the Jenkins on again and off again KGB Handler, is often shown wearing a pin or broach of two squirrels playing/fighting over a nut.
I can easily speculate that Claudia's choice in pins or broaches is part of her cover in wanting to look like a kind older lady and/or that the squirrels 'fighting over the nut' is a kind of 'quirky' metaphor for the Cold War/Nuclear Arms Race, but outside of those two things,
I was wondering if there was any other significance to this particular broach? Is there something else I am failing to see that perhaps relates to her character more personally or the KGB?