Pouch
- Object Name:
- Pouch
- Object ID:
- 2002.620.01
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Army pouch or ditty bag. United States, from World War I. Machine-woven khaki colored left-hand twill cotton. Finished with machine stitches. Seamed 0.25" on one side and bottom; two selvedges on side seam. 1" drawstring casing on top; 0.50" white twill tape drawstring fed through a cut and buttonhole-stitched opening on each side. Handwritten in pencil: "PVT. MARK A. FEINER/ 344-3Rgt." Stamped, "MA[P or F]" on outside and "OR12" in red ink on casing inside. Used by army soldiers for toiletries and personal items.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-14 L-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Tagged "Noyes 10/22/1957". Probably donated by Adin M. Noyes along with WWI collections (1957.036).
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Military, Army, World War I, Textiles, Bags, Toiletries, Twill, Cotton
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