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*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover
*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover
*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover
*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover
*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover
*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover
*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover
*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover
*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover

*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover

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*RARE* US Army M1951 Entrenching Tool, First year production, 1952 H-W & Cover
Tool, Shovel and Pick are in nice condition.  Snap doesn't quiet snap due to tightening over time.  You may be able to wet it and stretch it but I haven't tried.
Please let me know if you need additional pictures.  Thanks for looking and no returns.
The Model 1951 Entrenching Tool (folding shovel), has quite an interesting history, and is one of the more uncommon of the US shovels.
In 1943, the US military adopted their version of the German Folding Shovel, better know as the Model 1943 Entrenching Tool.
In 1945, just before WW2 ended, the US Military began working on the design for a new version of the folding shovel that incorporated a folding pick along with the shovel blade. The Ames company made several prototypes for the military, but the folding shovel-pick version was never put into full production due to the end of the war.
In 1951, the US Military resumed work on designing a new folding shovel with pick.  In 1951 the new shovel was officially adopted as the Model 1951 Entrenching Tool, and in 1952, the first of the new Model 1951's were produced.