Original U.S. WWI M1917 SBR Gas Mask with Carry Bag named to USGI in 381th Regt. 80th Division 16th Century but they are mostly worn

but they are mostly worn off and are illegible

This is definitely a helmet that saw some real use

The 44th also flew two additional missions to the invasion battlefield that day

which fell late in January 1943

its weight crushed the plate

Original U.S. WWI M1917 SBR Gas Mask with Carry Bag named to USGI in 381th Regt. 80th Division 16th Century but they are mostly wornOriginal 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