An Unknown Mine-Seeker Stick Pin Auction Archive Being promoted to Kapitänleutnant on

Being promoted to Kapitänleutnant on March 22 1913 he was appointed to command the IV Half Flotilla U Boote 1913-1915 while the torpedo boat SMTb D 10

Each side of the blade has an engraved gilt bust

On the far left is Karl Kugelbauer

He resisted all of the hefty counter-attacks

with his original ink signature

An Unknown Mine-Seeker Stick Pin Auction Archive Being promoted to Kapitänleutnant onIn 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.