Bag, Ditty
Object number2009.4.2 a-i
Manufacturer
Bigelow-Parkin Company
Manufacturer
Linde
Manufacturer
The Art Metal Works, Inc.
Date1917-1921
OriginUSA
Credit LineGift of Jane Dilmore Harvath
DescriptionDitty bag with contents.Dimensions(a) Width closed: 8.5; opened: 20.125 ; Length: 20.25 ; Depth closed: 2.5(b) Height: 4.75 ; W: 3.875 ; D opened: 2.25
(c) H: 3.75 ; W: 1
(d) W: 1 ; L: 2
(e) H: 6.75 ; D: .875
(f) H, W: 3 ; D: .75
(g) H: 1.5 ; W: 3.375 ; D: 2.5
(h) H: 3.125 ; W: 1.875 ; D: .75
(i) H: 2.875 ; W: 1.25
Inscriptions(a)
Handwritten below label in black ink, "SHOES".
(g)
Inside box is belt buckle engraved with "D" in center.
(i)
On reverse: embossed at top, "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION"; on left side, "FRANCE / ITALY / SERBIA / JAPAN / MONTENEGRO / RUSSIA / GREECE"; on right side, "GREAT / BRITAIN / BELGIUM / BRAZIL / PORTUGAL / RUMANIA / CHINA"; in center, the United States shield with the letters "U" & "S", behind a fasces.
Printed in blue on front center of box: "ONE / VICTORY MEDAL / COMPLETE WITHOUT CLASP".
Marks(a)
Label: black with yellow embroidered text on inside flap.
"TRADE MARK / NATHAN / ARMY NAVY / COMFYKIT / MADE IN U.S.A."
(d)
Engraved text on razor and case button:
Razor: "PATENTED MAY 11, 1921 / B-P [inside diamond] / MADE IN U.S.A."; on right side, vertically, "OPEN HERE";
Case's button: "BIGELOW-PARKIN CO. / PA" ; "PITTSBURGH" in center.
(f)
Inside purse is a rectangular metal plate with "FLAME PLATED / TUNGSTEN CARBIDE / BY / LINDE" engraved on one side.
(i)
Manufacturer print on lower corners of box:
Lower left corner: "THE ART METAL WORKS INC. / NEWARK, N.J."; lower right corner, "CONTRACT NO. 9089-N / DATE: MARCH 27, 1920".
Historical NotesWorld War I ditty bag used by Aloysius C. Cusick, uncle of donor. He was born in Slovakia in 1897 and died in 1980.
Previous owner
Aloysius C. Cusick
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