gas mask
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19750554-028
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made August 1942
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Regulative and protective tools and equipment
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1942/08/01
- Latest 1942/08/31
- Brand Name / Model MK III
- Inscription (on mask/sur masque) No.4 MK/III / KAUFMAN 8/(undecipherable / indéchiffrable) (on enveloppe for eyeshieds) EYESHILEDS. / ANTI-GAS. / PERSONAL DECONTAMINATION - "COECDO" (on brief note/sur note) Issued by / National Defence Headquarters / BRIEF NOTES / ON / WAR GASES and SPRAY / HOW TO RECOGNISE / AND / WHAT TO DO / Every Canadian soldier must carry this in the / haversack of his respirator. / He must read it until he knows it by heart. (inside haversack/intérieur musette) G.R. McGREGOR / VII / WOODS / 1943 (on cloth box/sur boîte du tissu) OUFIT / ANTI-DUMMING MKVI / DIRECTIONS / WET THE FINGER TIP / AND MOISTEN THE INNER / SURFACE OF THE EYEPIECE / RUB VIGOROUSLY WITH / THE CLOTH PROVIDED / UNTIL THE SURFACE / IS CLEAR AND / DRY.
- Materials Rubber, Metal, Glass, Paper
- Measurements Length 107.0 cm, Width 24.0 cm, Thickness 12.0 cm