I don't know what it was made for, but it's definitely a modern bat with an old-style center label. I'm not sure what they meant at the museum when they said they don't make Cobb repros, but H&B has made many Cobb bats over the past few decades ( I have a couple of them). The ones I have and others I've seen, have the labeling consistent with the period they were manufactured in -- ie, a Cobb with 1969-72 labeling,
The photos you show have a center label that doesn't match the barrel labeling.
You can also just tell that the labeling doesn't have the look of other bats with labeling from the early 20th century.
Greg
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