gas mask
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20040036-004
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Waring & Gillow Limited
- Date Made 1917
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Regulative and protective tools and equipment
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1917/01/01
- Latest 1917/12/31
- Inscription (carrier/sac): Waring & Gillow Ltd. 1917 N.W (broad arrow); (box/boîte): ..ASSO ANTI-DIMMING COMPOSITION Instructions for Use: Wipe the inner surface of the eyepieces of the box Respirator or Sponge Goggles until clean and dry. Apply a little of the composition for the tube to the cleaned surface, rub it in with the finger and then polish gently with a soft rag until the eyepiece is clear. Do not use the mask material for polishing. When to use Anti- Dimming Composition: The composition is to be applied to eyepiece of Box Respirators or Sponge Goggles once weekly or after each time that the Respirators or Googles have been worn.
- Materials Cotton, Glass, Steel, Rubber
- Branch Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit No 2 Canadian General Hospital
- Measurements Length 27.0 cm, Width 24.6 cm, Depth 7.5 cm
- Related activity Nursing sister