These are SCARCE in any condition!!

This is the SCARCE USMC Depot-made (Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot) Khaki, Lined, Canteen Cover made during the First World War and issued during the interwar-period until the introduction of the four WWII iterations of the unlined Canteen Covers (referred to by collectors as P1-P4 Covers).

+ This is the iconic Cover with the "12 Rows" of vertical stitching on the rear, flanking the rear seam.

+ As was the case with WWI-era produced P1912 Covers (1) "Lift-the-Dot" fasteners were substituted as a cost savings for the domed E/G/A snaps and (2) Khaki Canvas and Web was substituted for the "Marine Green" materials previously used before WWI.

+ The USMC-specific P1912 Belt Hook is present with superficial corrosion. And like all the P1912 USMC Canteen Covers and so much of the Depot-made material there is no "U.S." surcharge on the front. The original Depot markings that would have appeared beneath the right Flap have long-since faded.

+ There is ZERO fraying to the Web Attachment Tab for the Belt Hook.

+ ZERO tears, wear, or to the gray wool felt Insulation.

+ WEAR: This "Combat Serviceable" Cover shows the authentic 'patina' true in-theater use, with the Marine's name stenciled and stamped, per USMC regulations, with slight edge wear on the left bottom edge; typical water-staining; sun-fading to an almost 'blond' khaki; and gentle wear to the stitching on the the Flaps of the cover, behind the fasteners; and superficial corrosion to the finish of the L-T-D fasteners (each of which functions smoothly).

+ This example is NAMED to a Marine "R. W. WELLS" on both on the bottom and rear of the Cover, neatly ink stamped. This Cover is worthy of research and is contemporaneous with those issued to those Marines who served in the "Banana Wars" that Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC railed against in print in 1935 ("WAR IS A RACKET")  Marines were deployed and fought and occupied the Dominican Republic (1916-1924) Nicaragua (1912-1933), Haiti (1915-1934), and Honduras (intermittently until 1925), as well as in the bitter fighting with the Marine contingent with the A.E.F.! in France at Belleau Woods!

+ The reference work that appears in the photo is Alec S. Tulkoff's exceptional EQUIPPING THE CORPS, 1892-1937, Vol. 1, R. James Bender Publishing, pp. 82-83.