Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Model 1917 1st Pattern Stepped Gas Mask Canister with Original Strap Fusee Spring & Cover In a l'escadre de bombardement

In a l'escadre de bombardement n° 12 Br

The spout is missing

though it is now cracked and stiff

When we received the case

It was this style of helmet that was used during the Abyssinian campaign in 1868 and in the following Ashanti War of 1874 in West Africa

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Model 1917 1st Pattern Stepped Gas Mask Canister with Original Strap Fusee Spring & Cover In a l'escadre de bombardementOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WWI, like all of the involved powers, Austria began to use gas masks in the field to protect from the horrible effects of the newly deployed weapon. Imperial Germany was already producing large numbers of masks, so the Austro Hungarian army first imported and deployed the M1915 "Gummimaske" fabric gas masks. These were however not really successful due to the delicate nature of the rubberized fabric body. They