Canada, CEF. A First War Carved Swagger Stick from Lake Mara Internment Camp Auction Archive wearing a 1939 Iron Cross

wearing a 1939 Iron Cross II Class ribbon bar

reproductions

The interior presents plain with the exception of an integrated cotton suspension loop at the reverse

a right facing head and a small triangle within an ovular field (indicating a production date between 1921 and 1958) and an unidentified maker mark in the shape of a diamond

the head of the pickaxe on the ground

Canada, CEF. A First War Carved Swagger Stick from Lake Mara Internment Camp Auction Archive wearing a 1939 Iron CrossA swagger stick of carved wood featuring a decorative snake spiraling up the staff, engraved R. M. HARVEY Y. M. C. A SEC Y. INT. CAMP MARA LAKE B. C., measures 74 cm in length x 3. 2 cm across the width of the handle, exhibiting light wear, remains in very fine condition Footnote: The Mara Lake internment camp was located between Vernon and Sicamous in British Columbia during the First World War. It housed enemy aliens, particularly those of Ukrainian