Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1940 Gas Mask, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example Auction (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes Halsband)

(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes Halsband)

Nasmyth with a strength of 33 officers and 969 other ranks

all of which are also in leather with a smooth pecan brown gloss finish

the interior right collar has three magnetic metal hooks meeting an equal number of magnetic metal eyelets on the left allowing the collar to sit flush with the neck

the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned Bavarian lion within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt in silver gilt numbers

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1940 Gas Mask, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example Auction (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes Halsband)(Wehrmacht Gasmaske M30 und Tornister). A well preserved and complete Wehrmacht gas mask, constructed of a field grey rubberized canvas mask with intact tinted plastic eyepieces situated within metal frames, retaining a magnetic metal filter situated on a threaded connection, stamped with a manufacture date of 1940, the mask retaining elasticized straps adjusted with aluminum buckles, accompanied by its original storage case, constructed of an olive