Original U.S. WWI Set of 2 M1917 SBR Gas Masks with Named and Written on Carry Bags - 2 Items Water Jacket Assembly where 12 French POWs were

where 12 French POWs were already working without guards

with a top lined in grommets that would be closed by a rope

These were sometimes referred to as "Whitney Flintlocks" due to the large number made in New Haven

From an old collection just disbursed in Europe this is a real peach of a find and not some cheap bazaar trash

The Leuchtpistol 34 was designed in 1934

Original U.S. WWI Set of 2 M1917 SBR Gas Masks with Named and Written on Carry Bags - 2 Items Water Jacket Assembly where 12 French POWs wereOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 2 Available. 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