Rawlings left hand throwing model fielder's glove exhibiting heavy use throughout including pocket wear, general surface wear, and detached lacings to the web area. Glove body has partially split open at the base of the thumb as well. Original Rawlings label remains affixed to the backstrap. The history of the glove can be traced to a rookie player with the Red Sox in 1938, Bill Lefebvre. Lefebvre had warned to approach Grove cautiously as he did not take well to rookies. Grove ignored Lefebrve initially but finally approached him before a game in St. Louis noticing he had a new glove and spikes. Grove remarked, "You got a new glove kid? Let me see it." The rookie tossed Grove his glove after which Grove threw Lefebrve the offered well worn example and told him to keep it. Lefebrve never got his new glove back but he did end up with a game used item from a legendary southpaw pitcher. This very history of the glove was recounted in "Fenway: An Unexpurgated History of the Red Sox" by Peter Golenbock. One of only two documented Lefty Grove professional model gloves to have been offered publicly. Includes LOA from Hunt Auctions and a 1994 copy of a letter of provenance from Bill Lefebrve: GD-VG