Original Imperial German WWI M1917 Ledermaske Gas Mask with Can & Spare Lenses Antique Percussion Firearms Kennedy Center For Military Assistance

Kennedy Center For Military Assistance

Coming in unguided in an age before GPS

Flak-Bait continued to live both a charmed and jinxed life as D-Day approached

This Telescope was also an official military pattern

The trunk is filled to the brim with pieces of Mallory’s kit that he used in France and later Germany with the Army of Occupation

Original Imperial German WWI M1917 Ledermaske Gas Mask with Can & Spare Lenses Antique Percussion Firearms Kennedy Center For Military AssistanceOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a great condition & totally genuine World War One issue German gas mask. This model of Gasschutzmaske (Gas Protection Mask) was introduced in 1917, and was known as the Ledermaske due to its leather body construction. Canvas straps on the back of the mask were used to attach it to the wearer's head. The leather on this example is still soft, and the canvas rigging is in good shape but very worn. The metal eye