Brian Wolfe Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Helo Everyone,A friend of mine gave this interesting item to me after his mother passed away and they were getting her home ready for sale and found it in a drawer. It is a cardboard packet with two eyeshields that were to be used in case of a gas attack. The packet is dated 1942 as is one of the shield's head bands. One of the things I liked about this item is the instructions and I hope these show up well in the last photo of this post. So remember kiddies, as the packet's instructions suggest, "When gas, other than spray, is detected the alarm given will be the GAS BATTLE or the shout of "GAS", on hearing either, STOP BREATHING AND ADJUST FACEPIECE." I would have thought that the whole point of the gas attack in the first place, at least from the enemy's point of view, was to get you to stop breathing! I hope you like this artifact, it had been stored away in a drawer since the war. I wonder how many survived, considering the disposable nature of the kit. Can anyone add more information on these?Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Here is a shot of the headband. I hope you can see the date, 1942. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 The packet's front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Here's the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Here's a closeup of my favourite part of the instructions.Wouldn't it have been great if they had added "CONTINUE BREATHING" to instruction #2. I hope you like this little item from my collection.Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Think of the "product liability" lawsuits, these days!"Remove contents from packet before use...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I have some that came in the pocket of a WWII Royal Norfolk Regt / RASC tunic.In 1978, 1980 I saw loats of these in surplus shops in Tel Aviv.During the 1980's magazines like "Military Modeling" carried adverts (Moragi?) showing an ink drawing of Rommel wearing a pair up on the band of his cap (as period photos show that he indeed did) & selling them as "Rommel goggles". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Alexander Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 In the 50's & '60s we had 4 pairs of these in the side pocket of our gas masks. Two pair clear and two pair tinted. We wore them while manning AFVs in Radfan, Trucial Oman etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I've seen untinted, green & red ones, are their others tints such as yellow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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