Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Gas mask
Object Number:
1945.501
Date:
1940-1945
Medium:
Rubber, plastic, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 16.5 cm )
Marks:
stamped: mouthpiece: "RL1/38/4"; "5/125"
painted: mouthipece: "102" "2732" Nazi eagle over illegible mark
painted: mask ext: "G63"; "52/Nazi eagle/WAa104"; interior: "092511/M28344"
Description:
Rubber and plastic gas mask; circular tin mouthpiece fastened to bottom of fatigue-colored rubber mask with two yellow-tinted eyepieces.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herman Schweinert
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
