An Unknown Mine-Seeker Stick Pin Auction Archive with his original ink signature

with his original ink signature

Scattered gold-coloured gilt wear on the tips

Rockland Avenue / Victoria

with a "yes" marked when asked if he had ever been discharged (the explanation given as "Medically Unfit through Service

An Unknown Mine-Seeker Stick Pin Auction Archive with his original ink signatureIn silvered feinzink; maker marked P 15 on the reverse; 33 mm long needle pin; measuring 20 mm in diameter; better than very fine condition. Footnote: Although the exact origin and meaning of this stick pin is unknown, it is possible that it belonged to one of the members of the German Minensucher Verein (Mine Seekers Association), established immediately following the Second War, to find, and destroy, any remaining sea mines from the war.