Original U.S. WWII Unissued M3 Diaphragm Gas Mask with M1VA1 Bag Category_Rear Sight Assembly As seen in Lawrence of

As seen in Lawrence of Arabia

ready to and display

which had been in use since 1880

it is most likely the latter

a thick metal fragmentation sleeve weighing an average of 270 grams

Original U.S. WWII Unissued M3 Diaphragm Gas Mask with M1VA1 Bag Category_Rear Sight Assembly As seen in Lawrence ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of one of the last types 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. However the delicate "bladder" under the mask