Canada, CEF. A First War Carved Swagger Stick from Lake Mara Internment Camp certificate_of_authenticity 31 October 1944

31 October 1944

measuring 25 mm (w) x 15 mm (h)

The case was closed in September of the same year after the CIA refused to make its personnel available as witnesses

its underlying base in white cotton with the airy blue cotton sewn to it as a covering

5 mm (h) inclusive of its Goddess of the Earth suspension

Canada, CEF. A First War Carved Swagger Stick from Lake Mara Internment Camp certificate_of_authenticity 31 October 1944A 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