Mystery Entrenching Tool

[Aragorn243]

I just got off the phone with the foremost expert on US Entrenching tools up to WWI. I had sent him photos and he figured it would be easier to talk rather than exchange emails. He has never seen anything like it. He believes it to be from the WWI time period due to shape, handle type and paint color. He suspects it is American made but can't be sure. It is not something adopted by the US military. His opinion was that it was something a private company made a limited number of to present to the military for approval and they were never approved. Said it is definitely collectible, he would have grabbed it and in the right market it could be worth a couple hundred bucks to the right guy simply because of it's uniqueness. Great book if you're into these things: US Military and Experimental Entrenching Tools: Civil War to WW1 9780982302118 | eBay

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