Original U.S. WWII M1943 Entrenching Tool Shovel with Canvas Carrier Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout Remington also manufactured the Pedersen

Remington also manufactured the Pedersen device

Our hat is copied from an original in the IMA collection

The obverse depicts the veiled head of Queen Victoria below the legend

Original Item: One of a Kind

the Lewis was mounted on a Scarff ring

Original U.S. WWII M1943 Entrenching Tool Shovel with Canvas Carrier Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout Remington also manufactured the PedersenOriginal Item: One Only. One of scores of items that made life a little easier and safer for the World War II soldier was an improved entrenching tool. Unlike World War I where soldiers spent most of their time at the front in, in World War II the emphasis was on individual shelter and the need to construct hasty foxholes. For that reason, the entrenching tool became an indispensable piece of equipment, as necessary as a weapon in many settings. One