Original German WWII Gasschutzhaube Medical Head Wound Gas Mask Can - dated 1940 m also disguised as a grotesque

also disguised as a grotesque mask

Richard Speight Jr

This flag was used by a soldier for prayers and good luck

he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while serving as Pilot of a B-17 airplane on bombing missions over Germany on August 30

29064-Phila-45-03 Serial No 688

Original German WWII Gasschutzhaube Medical Head Wound Gas Mask Can - dated 1940 m also disguised as a grotesqueOriginal Item: Only One Available. The German WWII Gasschutzhaube (Gas protection hood) Medical Gas Mask was intended for anyone suffering a head wound, and therefore unable to use their issue gas mask. German medics carried these medical head wound gas masks, and were expected to use the filter from the wounded man's gas mask. They were issued to all branches of the German military during World War Two, although the most common ones encountered today