Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1940 Gas Mask, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example Archive marked with the order's insignia

marked with the order's insignia on the lid

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secured shut via a single black bakelite button

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1940 Gas Mask, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example Archive marked with the order's insignia(Wehrmacht Gasmaske M30 und Tornister). A well preserved and complete Wehrmacht gas mask, constructed of a field grey rubberized canvas mask with intact tinted plastic eyepieces situated within metal frames, retaining a magnetic metal filter situated on a threaded connection, stamped with a manufacture date of 1940, the mask retaining elasticized straps adjusted with aluminum buckles, accompanied by its original storage case, constructed of an olive