Original U.S. Early WWII M1A2 Service Gas Mask with MIXA1 Filter and MIVA1 Gas Mask Bag Technical Books though there is the ghost

though there is the ghost of one between the lock screws

The camp was created in 1941 as the base camp for a number of work-camps (Arbeitskommando) for prisoners of war working in the mines and industries of Upper Silesia

or did Starr Arms simply switch to 8 inch barrels at the very end of the M1858 production run

just 17 were combat-ready

and the receiver itself also has the "Viewed" mark

Original U.S. Early WWII M1A2 Service Gas Mask with MIXA1 Filter and MIVA1 Gas Mask Bag Technical Books though there is the ghostOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the first type of gas mask that the United States fielded in WWII. The M1 Design had first come about in 1921 as an improvement of the M1919 gas mask, developed at the end of WWI. It then went through several improvements, with the M1A2 being introduced in 1934, and remaining the standard U. S. Gas mask into the early years of WWII. This example has the correct U. S. U marking on the