Original U.S. WWII M3A1 Diaphragm Gas Mask with MIXA2 Filter dated 1944 and MIVA1 Gas Mask Bag Spanish Artillery shortened for the reduced length

shortened for the reduced length

This also could be easily rectified with a good adhesive

When used a ground weapon-

In great condition having been on display for well over 100 years

Unfortunately however the rubber surrounds with chamois backing are now fully detached from the goggles

Original U.S. WWII M3A1 Diaphragm Gas Mask with MIXA2 Filter dated 1944 and MIVA1 Gas Mask Bag Spanish Artillery shortened for the reduced lengthOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of one of the last types of gas mask that the United States fielded in WWII. The M1 Design had first come about in 1921 as an improvement of the M1919 gas mask, developed at the end of WWI. It then went through several improvements, with the M1A2 being introduced in 1934, and remaining the standard U. S. Gas mask into the early years of WWII. However the delicate "bladder" under the mask