Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Model 1917 1st Pattern Stepped Gas Mask Canister with Original Strap Fusee Spring & Cover When we received the case

When we received the case

the regiment was then granted the right to display the Sphinx as a battle honor on the regimental badge

Captain Benedict Arnold called his men together at a tavern and successfully demanded the keys to the magazine for his company's weapons or else they would break into the storehouse

In a l'escadre de bombardement n° 12 Br

This Great War era 3rd Dragoon Guards Scarlet tunic has a paper label to the interior which is dated March 1912

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Model 1917 1st Pattern Stepped Gas Mask Canister with Original Strap Fusee Spring & Cover When we received the caseOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WWI, like all of the involved powers, Austria began to use gas masks in the field to protect from the horrible effects of the newly deployed weapon. Imperial Germany was already producing large numbers of masks, so the Austro Hungarian army first imported and deployed the M1915 "Gummimaske" fabric gas masks. These were however not really successful due to the delicate nature of the rubberized fabric body. They