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Detail Info
Object ID
1974.005.002a
Access Number
1974.005
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Mask, Gas
Other Name
WW I German Gas Mask (Fontaine)
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Rubber
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WW I German Gas Mask (Fontaine)
WW I German Gas Mask with a leather mask, plastic eye pieces and canvas straps. It is marked in red ink: "294". It is in poor condition with a hole in the detachable canister. It was leaking carbon flakes but the hole was repaired with tape.
This is the first of two WW I German gas masks. The other one is 1972.015.017a. They may have been interchanged for display purposes in 2008.
Case, gas mask, German, WW I (Another gas mask inside it for display 2008)
"Fontaine" stenciled in white print and also written in pencil.
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