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USMC shovel covers from the WW1 period
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05-03-2023 04:39 PM
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Nice. Now that you've alerted Aragorn, he'll probably dig one up at a yard sale for $10.00.
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I hope so, as these are difficult to locate. The US navy often marked the ships initials/ or other ID , on their Springfield M1903 stocks too, but not the USMC rifles
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LOL, what I'm wondering is why did they need a shovel on a ship.
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US Navy marked items
The shovel covers were issued to the US Marine detachments which were always assigned to the capital ships for use with landing marines on shore. I have seen a US bayonet scabbard marked in white ST LOUIS too.
Photo shows a 1903 stock marked HONOLULU, from the heavy cruisier of pre WW2
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It's all about Navy food.....packs down pretty well and needs to be dug out.
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