Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Model 1917 1st Pattern Stepped Gas Mask Canister with Original Strap DVD The rifle has serial number

The rifle has serial number G 52000 on the barrel and magazine housing

Year of Manufacture: circa 1815

Approximate Tunic Measurements:Collar to shoulder: 9”Shoulder to sleeve: 25”Shoulder to shoulder: 16”Chest width: 17”Waist width: 14”Hip width: 17”Front length: 29"

25-inch pipe mounted on the base parallel to the steel tube containing the flare unit

and is adorned with red piping and silverlitzen

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Model 1917 1st Pattern Stepped Gas Mask Canister with Original Strap DVD The rifle has serial numberOriginal 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