I ww gasmask ?

[anmarlodz]

guys what do you think about this gasmask - seems to be I WW early war gasmask. It's very similar to french I WW early war gasmask. What country was making them ? How much it could be worth ?

I waiting for your opinion

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[Montgomery Burns]

reminds me off that American song ,from from the 50's ,,at a nuclear strike
DUCK AND COVER ..




dont know if this one is original ,,but i know in the earlyest day's there where no gas mask's...

and stuff like this was handed out as if it wood help ...



regards kay












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[anmarlodz]

The first time ever combat gas attack was used in December 1914 on the easter front in Poland and than in western from 1915 so maybe its some kind of early cosntruction.

I bought for few euros at fleamarket.

Here is the french I WW gasmask I was refering to :

http://www.gasmasklexikon.com/Page/Start01.htm

It's very similar in construction.

It has size stamp and what seems to be maker mark . maybe someone of you could say who is the maker ?

maybe it could be german early gasmask / austro-hingarian or russsian gasmask ?

[byterock]

too modern for WWI
my guess is a flash mask of some form?

[Chip M]

Definitely not WWI.

Chip

[uscob]

I would say a 1980's Dust Cover for Workers. Construction reminds me on eastern block Countries.

[Uncle Goose]

Mask is made in the wrong material to be any effective against gas, cloth gasmasks from that time frame were made up from many different layers of fine cloth which were chemically treated to counter poison gasses. This specimen is just a single layer and probably not even chemically treated. I think Uscob might have a lead there.

[anmarlodz]

Mask is made in the wrong material to be any effective against gas, cloth gasmasks from that time frame were made up from many different layers of fine cloth which were chemically treated to counter poison gasses. This specimen is just a single layer and probably not even chemically treated. I think Uscob might have a lead there.

It is not a single layer gasmask . it has at least 3 layers of cloth ( two white external very thin layer and one internal very thick ) and some and internal layer has some chemical threatment as it is more stiff.

[Uncle Goose]

It is not a single layer gasmask . it has at least 3 layers of cloth ( two white external very thin layer and one internal very thick ) and some and internal layer has some chemical threatment as it is more stiff.

Ok, I admit, it's a little hard to see from the picture how many layers this thing has. The gasmasks of this type from WW1 had up to 40!! layers, not just 3 or 4. I suspect that it's more like a flame-retarding mask (like the ones they wear on ships when they fire the big guns). It's certainly not a gasmask from the First World War, that much I can tell you. It could also be a protective mask for sand blasting.