COMPANY HISTORY
Owned & run by Leon J Barwood, the company was first based in Allstone, MA. & later moved to Stoneham, MA.
The firm had a varied product range pre-war; from water pump seals to musical instrument parts - anything that at the time was best made from leather.
Leon & his wife Annie had a son in 1896, Victor Hugo.
Victor Hugo was to graduate from Harvard in 1916 & serve in the US Army in WW1 as an ordnance Sergeant.
Victor married in 1919 & in 1920 his wife Mabel gave birth to their son - Leon J. - named after Victor's father.
They lived at 55 Elm Street, Stoneham & Victor was employed as a manager at the family firm
(....maybe young L.J. is still alive, a sprightly 92 year old?)
THE BARWOOD M6 SCABBARD
L. J. Barwood Co. produced 29,000 M6 scabbards at a cost of $0.6483 each.
Of the 6 makers, the Barwood logo was possibly the most interesting.