WWI military/baseball memorabilia is a major focus area of our collection and one of our longest standing collecting interests. We are vintage equipment enthusiasts and collecting gloves, bats, balls, etc., marked for use by American servicemen during WWI has been of the most enjoyable, educational, historical, and challenging of hobby pursuits.
Although we have items pertaining to baseball during WWII, we really try to focus on the very high grade, professional model equipment that was widely sent to France by the YMCA and K of C and used by troops in 1918.
Given that the vast majority of such items were in fact shipped overseas, picking them up now, 93 years after the fact is always exciting.
I am adding some images of our WWI era baseball goods and would be very much interested in seeing what everyone else out there might have. We are very much interested in buying/trading for YMCA marked bats, balls, and gloves.
1. YMCA postcard dated 1918 on the reverse.
2. 1917 Spalding ONL Ball with Box.
3. WWi era Alex Taylor glove, Spalding Ball, and Louisville Slugger bat marked w/ YMCA.
4. Circa 1918 Louisville Slugger Indoor Bat stamped with the YMCA logo.
Thanks for the opportunity to post and share this niche in our collection,
Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com