Pioneer shover cover

[Acez84]

What is the rarity and value of something like this? I have never come across it before. It came with a shovel which is the lenght of the vehicle/kubel shovels. I see that pickaxe carriers are priced at 800 euro.

Evg 1943 dated with eagle.

Late war construction in black pressed cardboard (Presstoff), it is in nice slightly worn condition, only the flaps are in leather.

Appreciate any input.

[Acez84]

Backside. Named.

[Acez84]

Factory code (evg): Max Oswald, Lederwaren- u. Reiseartikel-Fabrik

I have received offers to buy the carrier cover but please post any other info you may have.

[corporalSteiner]

nice rare piece. generously stamped. can you take some more pics and of inside? thanks.

[Acez84]

Thanks Steiner.

I took some pictures of the inside and found a couple more markings. The flaps have roman numerals: I, II, and III. The last one is almost unreadable.


Another observation I made is that the bottom of the carrier has small holes. Probably to let out any water gathering inside.

[Acez84]

More details. Its interesting to see how they mixed and matched presstoff and leather. The parts that would need to be flexible are leather.

[Acez84]

The cover came with this shovel. The wood has a nice patina, and there is a lot of original paint on the blade.

[Acez84]

Handle

[corporalSteiner]

thats right. a single hole at the bottom of the front. for drainage. got all my earlier info from Tom here on WAF. your piece seems very high grade and valuable. nice catch! thanks for extra pics.

[Acez84]

No problem Steiner. Thank you for the reponse.

[timothy downum]

Harder to find Pioneer shovel cover. timothy

[Acez84]

The carrier/cover is sold an on its way to the US. Please do not send any more PMs. The shovel is currently on estand. Thanks for the response here in the thread and on PM.