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WW1 Era British WD Officer’s Gas Mask With Canvas Satchel By Waring & Gillow With Original Record Of Issue Card. Sn 18125:13 - 18125:13 Waring and Gillow Ltd, Lancaster’s famous furniture business of Gillows and Co dated back to the early 18th century. By the early years of the 20th century it had merged with the Liverpool based company of Waring. They produced a wide range of items for the WW1 war effort using the full range of skills found across each department. This ranged from standard joinery for packing crates, fine woodworking for aeroplane wings, upholstery for tents, haversacks and even uniform tunics. This is an original WW1 era British Officer’s gas mask with WD Satchel by Waring & Gillow . The Gas mask has its original rubber backed cloth covered face mask with hose and filtration canister. The material is fragile. It has shrunk and the perished in areas to be expected with age and service use and is unwearable. The mask has its original eye lenses. The hose is intact and the filtration canister has no dents but does have light surface rust. The mask has ink inspection marks (illustrated) The head straps are present but have become detached on one side of the mask. The canvas satchel has a flap cover with press studs and adjustable shoulder strap. The inside of the top flap is WD marked and is ink stamped by the manufacturer ‘Waring & Gillow’. The outside of the flap is numbered ‘2’ and has other small handwritten numbers (illustrated). The satchel has internal pockets to hold the mask and canister. Attached to the inside of the satchel by its original cord is the mask’s record of issue card. The record has no entries (illustrated). The satchel has storage staining and some holes consistent with age and service use. It is rare to find these gas masks from the Great War. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 18125:13 £675.00
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