Some equipment for viewing.

[Airforce1]

I have a few things I want checked out and possible values because I will be putting them up for sale soon. First off is a M31 canteen with a green enamel bottle. Kinda odd that the straps are too short for any normal cup to fit on and there is no sign of cutting or shrinking. A little over .8l.

Thanks in advance.

[Airforce1]

Second is an Auer M30 (?) Rubberised canvas gasmask with can. Has a Feuerwehrfilter that is dated Juli 1940. Bought this out of europe many years ago so I could use it in reenacting but only used it a couple times until I found a correct one. Original strap is still there but the spare lenses are gone. Sorry for the bad lighting.

Thanks.

[Uncle Goose]

Gas mask is an Auer Vollmaske, seeing the rings on the eyeglasses it can be a Vollmaske 725, 726, 735 or a 747. To determine the correct number you can look inside the mask, the type number should be stamped in ink between the eyes. If it's not readable (sometimes happens) then you can always show us a better photograph.

There is always a small chance that it's another number than I wrote above, these masks were made for the industrial market and there are a lot of variations, sometimes variations got different numbers but they all start with a 7. They were also in use with fire fighting and have been exported outside Germany.

The Vollmaske series of Auer started in the mid 1930's and continued to be made till at least the end of the 1950's. For Auer this serie was their best selling line of industrial masks and made Auer one of the largest manufactures of gas masks of their days (together with Dräger). Auer merged with the American MSA (Mine Safety Appliances) in 1958 and from then on the brand "Auer" would slowly disappear from the market. Today the name Auer is still owned by MSA but isn't used anymore.

[Sonnenwende]

Could you make a photo of the tip of the leather strap for the drinking bottle including the holes? I have one like yours: also somewhat shorter, marked Ritter... Would be interesting to compare, I thought mine had been shortened, but I am not sure. Perhaps they were sometimes made that way for bottles produced without cups late war? (just guessing)... Your bottle seem to be marked SMM 43, right?

Kind regards
Sonnenwende

[Airforce1]

Could you make a photo of the tip of the leather strap for the drinking bottle including the holes? I have one like yours: also somewhat shorter, marked Ritter... Would be interesting to compare, I thought mine had been shortened, but I am not sure. Perhaps they were sometimes made that way for bottles produced without cups late war? (just guessing)... Your bottle seem to be marked SMM 43, right?

Kind regards
Sonnenwende

Looks like it although the 4 looks very under struck and filled with paint. Mine was not shortened as you can see since the holes end a ways up on the strap.

[Airforce1]

Gas mask is an Auer Vollmaske, seeing the rings on the eyeglasses it can be a Vollmaske 725, 726, 735 or a 747. To determine the correct number you can look inside the mask, the type number should be stamped in ink between the eyes. If it's not readable (sometimes happens) then you can always show us a better photograph.

There is always a small chance that it's another number than I wrote above, these masks were made for the industrial market and there are a lot of variations, sometimes variations got different numbers but they all start with a 7. They were also in use with fire fighting and have been exported outside Germany.

The Vollmaske series of Auer started in the mid 1930's and continued to be made till at least the end of the 1950's. For Auer this serie was their best selling line of industrial masks and made Auer one of the largest manufactures of gas masks of their days (together with Dräger). Auer merged with the American MSA (Mine Safety Appliances) in 1958 and from then on the brand "Auer" would slowly disappear from the market. Today the name Auer is still owned by MSA but isn't used anymore.

Could not get a good picture of it but "747" is stamped on the inside about "Auer" in a triangle. Also see the lenses are are dated "41".