Unknown Gas Mask Hood

[uscob]

Got this picture today from a customer, but never saw such a Hood. Does anybody else knows something about it?
Nico

[jon m.]

Hello Nico.

Is it fake?


Jon.

[torstenbel]

made in China??...

[Viktor]

There was to be a western style ABC suit for the NVA, cut and constructed like an Green charcoal lined American suit, I have seen it, a Genosse of mine ,Stefan has it, It needs a seperate hood , as can be fitted to a M10M mask ,maybe the Schm41m mask also had a hood made for it.

[Kozlov]

Haven't we laughed about this before? And then agreed nobody had ever seen one and also I seem to remember it has no markings of any kind.

Remember of course lots of people have used DDR raindrop material to make all sorts of things both during the DDR period and after it.

I've seen turbans in Afganistan and I have a chicom style chest rig in my collection...

An interesting item Nico, but not DDR afaik

[torstenbel]

Nico, whatever it is, it certainly looks well made. Has it got some kind of lining? Cheers, Torsten.

[DaveM]

gas mask hood

To say this is genuine or fake is not something I can affirm ... they are unusual

I owned the hood pictured below (sold it recently) ... I originally bought it in 2000 or so from a seller in the Netherlands ... He had more of these for sale ... some like the one pictured in the original post