Japanese gas mask - Price??

[Mooyman]

Hi Colleagues,

Somebody could help me?

How much one Japanese gas mask (complete)?

Best regards,

Ricardo.

[blinky]

What kind are you looking for?
Civilian ones seem to run between $20 to $50
Army ones (complete) anywhere between $125 to $200
Navy $200 to $400

To be honest it seems like prices are all over the place on these now.

[Mooyman]

Dear Blinky,

Thank you !!!

Excuses for the ignorance...

But which are the difference enter a gasmask of Naval and the Army?

Best regards,

Ricardo.

[blinky]

Hi Ricardo
This link has some pretty good Japanese mask pictures, in the upper right side is "The Gas Mask Datebase", just click down for Japanese masks.

http://www.gasmasks.net

Generally the masks look very similar. It's really hard to nail it down to one characteristic but the army masks usually have a "tear drop" bump on the front for the nose while navy masks don't, but don't take this as a general rule. Another difference is the carrier. Army masks tend to have a square bag similar to a say a British mask while the navy carrier is usually a more simple bag or even just a harness that is worn on the back.

Check out the link though, it will give you an idea of the different masks better than I can explain.

eric

[Mooyman]

Hi Eric,

I´m acquiring one gasmask of another brazilian collector together with one tunic of Jap Sergeant.

Thus that it will have photos, I place in this topic.

Thankful by the aid!!!

Best regards,

Ricardo.