Wooden Alpine style walking stick or ice axe
Date made: C1942
Description: Wooden alpine style walking stick or ice axe. Crudely inset aluminium decoration including Edelweis flowers, plaque stating 'POW Camp 1945'. Also inset with lettering 'IOM' on one side and 'SA' on opposite side. Believed to have been made by a Second World War internee (possibly Austrian).
Measurements: overall: 92 x 20 x 2.5 cm
Materials: aluminium, wood
Object name: walking-stick
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 2004-0079
Subject tags : #WW2INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS