Original U.S. WWI M1917 SBR Gas Mask with Carry Bag named to USGI in 5th Field Artillery 1st Infantry Division British Field Gear also operating from Italy

also operating from Italy

The barrel bear original ordnance paint and is nicely marked:

By the time the Stalingrad campaign ended on 2 February

The canteen is complete with its original cork stopper secured to one of the triangular loops found on each side of the body

There are a few small areas where the plating has flaked off the underlying steel

Original U.S. WWI M1917 SBR Gas Mask with Carry Bag named to USGI in 5th Field Artillery 1st Infantry Division British Field Gear also operating from ItalyOriginal Item: Only One Available. Of the 5,250,000 gas masks of all types produced by the U. S. during the war, 1. 6 million of them were the improved version of the British SBR. This mask was officially known as the U. S. Corrected English Small Box Respirator or the U. S. Corrected English Model (CEM). Produced in six sizes (1 through 6) from January to March 1918, the CEM was one of the two most commonly worn American made gas masks used by the