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Sureté pin

Sureté, French for "security". A type of tie pin having, as a protection against being lost, a safety device that slips up over the pointed end of the pin and is screwed on or is secured by an interior spring.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson