Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Model 1917 1st Pattern Stepped Gas Mask Canister with Original Strap Fusee Spring & Cover It is a very simple

It is a very simple design scabbard

In a l'escadre de bombardement n° 12 Br

When we received the case

Suffolk airbase during the WW2

it was this regiment that was the very first to action in Belgium in August 1914

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Model 1917 1st Pattern Stepped Gas Mask Canister with Original Strap Fusee Spring & Cover It is a very simpleOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WWI, like all of the involved powers, Austria began to use gas masks in the field to protect from the horrible effects of the newly deployed weapon. Imperial Germany was already producing large numbers of masks, so the Austro Hungarian army first imported and deployed the M1915 "Gummimaske" fabric gas masks. These were however not really successful due to the delicate nature of the rubberized fabric body. They