An Unknown Mine-Seeker Stick Pin Auction Archive Each side of the blade

Each side of the blade has an engraved gilt bust

light crazing present on the leather tab

with his original ink signature

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

During these missions he earned the Bomber Clasp in Bronze in August

An Unknown Mine-Seeker Stick Pin Auction Archive Each side of the bladeIn 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.