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Gas Mask 1917-1919
This Gas mask was issued from 1919-1917
Fun Facts
This is the german gas mask it’s 1917 issued canister Gas Mask to be worn by German soldiers on the front during wwI. The gas mask is also called Lederschutzmaske and Gasschutzmaske (that is german for gas mask). This gas mask also wasn't just used by the germans it was also used by austrian-hungarian it was used after they started using chemical weapons. It was made of oil sheep leather, which could be treated to neutralize the gases being used at the time. It had been edited a few times to adapt to the new gases but it overall was a pretty good mask. It was only used 1917 to 1919, but there are a few still out there that you can purchase. Gas masks quickly proved effective in protecting most troops, and the number of combat deaths from poison gas was pretty small.
How Many Gas Mask Did they Make?
to awnser your questen millions were made but if you want a more exact awnser there were 38,000,000