WWI M1916 Bacon Can: From Original Unissued Crate For Sale
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WWI M1916 Bacon Can: From Original Unissued Crate:
$30
Soldier's meat ration carrier for the M1910 haversack, rectangular tinned iron container has friction fit lid embossed "MODEL OF 1916" over and further embossed with "W.G. Co. 1918" maker's stamp. They are essentially brand new but the exteriors will all have some storage scuffs and rust (understand - they have been jostling against each other in these in this crate for almost 90 years.) When you open yours up, though, you will be the first person to do so since they were packed and sealed at the factory in 1918! We all long for the 'good old days' when you could walk in to surplus stores and buy original WWI and WWII gear right out of the original crates. Such finds are rare these days, and we were very happy to acquire two sealed crates of WWI bacon cans. According to the stenciling, these were shipped to the Canal Zone in 1918. They were sold as surplus in 1923, and were eventually acquired by a Pennsylvania antique dealer who stored them away in a furniture warehouse where they remained from 1968 to 2007 when AGM acquired them. The M1916 bacon can was standard issue for every doughboy from the Mexican Border to the AEF, and no doughboy display is complete without one. Unissued.
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