Pre WWI USMC Army M1910 PICK CARRIER COVER ("L.D. INC. 1913") Mint NOS Unissued

Description

This
M1910 PICK/MATTOCK CARRIER /COVER
from
LIBERTY-DURGIN, Inc. (“L. D. Inc.”) of Haverhill,
Massachusetts (North of Boston) is of
PRE-WAR
manufacture and is dated
November 1913
(
"11-13"
)!!
This was manufactured
BEFORE
Gavrilo Pincip of the Black Hand assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Ferdinand, in Sarajevo (June 28, 1914), igniting the First World War... and
BEFORE
John J. Pershing led American troops across the Mexican Border in pursuit of Pancho Villa (March 14, 1916) in what was termed the
Punitive Expedition
.
This Golden
KHAKI WEB M1910 Carrier
is still folded and buckled as it was removed from the
Liberty-Durgin, Inc.
factory shipment crate!! It goes without saying, a
Pick/Mattock
has never touched this piece of Canvas!
- ZERO snags, stains, frays, or personalized markings. There is a light-blue oxidation haze on the M1910 BELT HOOK and the small stamped STEEL BUCKLE.
The manufacturing date of November 1913 is contemporaneous with equipment issued both for the
Punitive “Mexican Border” Expedition
as well as the
First World War.
*****
LIBERTY-DURGIN, INC.
The
BOOT and SHOE RECORDER
(April 13, 1918) noted that a jobber, Nathan Apteka was court ordered to pay
Liberty-Durgin, Inc
. of Haverhill a settlement of 7.75 for women’s shoes manufactured and delivered.
Liberty-Durgin, Inc.
was but one of several stitchers, textile Mills, and shoe manufacturers in Haverhill that was awarded contracts by the
War
Department
for
canvas goods during
WWI.