Original U.S. WWI M1917 SBR Gas Mask with Carry Bag named to USGI in 381th Regt. 80th Division French Holsters and assisted by spotting planes

and assisted by spotting planes dropping flares and rockets

There are still traces of the original cross-hatching in areas

Cowhide-covered rucksacks such as these were officially called Tornister (Knapsack)

And then on 21 December

estates and much more

Original U.S. WWI M1917 SBR Gas Mask with Carry Bag named to USGI in 381th Regt. 80th Division French Holsters and assisted by spotting planesOriginal Item: Only One Available. Of the 5,250,000 gas masks of all types produced by the U. S. during the war, 1. 6 million of them were the improved version of the British SBR. This mask was officially known as the U. S. Corrected English Small Box Respirator or the U. S. Corrected English Model (CEM). Produced in six sizes (1 through 6) from January to March 1918, the CEM was one of the two most commonly worn American made gas masks used by the