WWI US Model 1910 T-Handle Trench Shovel

This is and original WWI US Model 1910 T-Handle Trench Shovel in very good condition. The WW1 vintage shovels are marked US on the wood and US in the shovel shank.  Another distinguishing detail on the old WW1 shovels, are the wood wedges on either side of the shank where the wood attaches to the shovel blade. This era shovel were made by these three companies, Ames, Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Company, and Wood Shovel Company. This shovel has a heavy green paint layer like the ones used in WWII, could have been used in two wars. Shows some surface oxidation, peeling and use. This shovel comes with a aftermarket/repro camouflage cover.