Original U.S. WWI Named USMC Painted M1917 Gas Mask Carrier With Eagle, Globe and Anchor - Camp Lee Detachment 106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division British Military Hats The stock on this piece

The stock on this piece is in great shape

the stitching is somewhat delicate due to age degradation

On 7 June the division left the UK under the command of Irish General Bryan Mahon

as stated on the Trade Label in the Case lid

- Book Thunder from heaven page 18 which lists Gill as a member of the 507th HQ Company roster

Original U.S. WWI Named USMC Painted M1917 Gas Mask Carrier With Eagle, Globe and Anchor - Camp Lee Detachment 106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division British Military Hats The stock on this pieceOriginal Item: One Of A Kind. Entering into the First World War, the United States had no domestically manufactured gas mask to issue to soldiers. Instead the US Army had to rely on foreign manufactured and designed masks such as the French M2, British PH Helmet, British Small Box Respirator, and the French Appareil Respiratoire Tissot. The United States' government wanted something domestically engineered, and manufactured. This led to the Department