WWII DUTY GAS MASK (RESPIRATOR), 1939

Another example of a British Gas Mask

Donated by Ronald Cass

Your comments:

• Hi chaps! I buy at car-boot sale identical gas-mask like this one on the photo. On my respirator We can see a lot of stamp from the factory. Producer: "Siebe, Gorman & CO. LTD. Makers, Neptune Works Tolworth", "Home Office Certification", "Cyvilian Duty No. 3", "C.D".
  .......... Adam Salieri, Kielce Poland, 24th of September 2013
  
  
• I was issued with one of these. The cannister was said to last half an
  hour. No replacements cannisters were carried. The gas mask carried in a light grey canvas type bag.
  .......... Alfred Smith, Chatham, Kent, 3rd of January 2012
  
  
• Known as the 'Civilian Duty respirator'
  .......... Dave Wallis, Burnham on Crouch, Essex, 2nd of May 2010
  
  

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