Silver skewer???? - German, from Kaiser's banquet

[Wonder]

This is a silver object from Germany made after 1886. What is it? It is 5 1/2 inches (14 cm.) long and has a crescent, crown, 800, and a D within a diamond. It can be seen more clearly if you click on the thumbnail picture to make it bigger. The front near the top has a crown with a decoration under it.
My grandfather was one of the Kaiser's guards and family story has it that he obtained it at one of Kaiser Wilhelm II's banquets around 1905. I inherited it.
I would love to find out what it was used for. A small skewer, a nut pick, does anyone know? (I did not see the maker's mark in the German silver marks webpage.)


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[silverfan]

The maker is E. Deppe, Berlin. No further information available at the moment. Regards silverfan
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[Wonder]

Could this be a poultry skewer???
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[silverfan]

this is a skewer, which can be used, I think, also to hold together Swiss rolls (meat, cabbage etc.)
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