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Ultra Lightweight, easy to Breathe through and Comfortable Mask with 2 Symbols or Grilles, 16 Metal or UV Spikes, 4 optional Spikes down the Center, 4 Rivets, 3 Black Tubes and an Adjustable Strap.
Entire family equipped with masks, Merbach-Moselle, France [?]. Selected by Kathleen. Likely World War 1.
"What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad health and died because of chemical exposure in World War I."
~Christopher Shays
The gas masks are probably from World War II. The antiques sold at Portobello market are really random and surprising!
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