Original U.S. WWII M3A1 Diaphragm Gas Mask with MIXA2 Filter dated 1944 and MIVA1 Gas Mask Bag Spanish Artillery Th patch on the left

Th patch on the left shoulder reads "Viet Cong Hunting Club" and the patch on the right shoulder reads "Peace Hell Bomb Hanoi"

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

The belt is faintly maker marked on the back with H

this is the Hotchkiss

An order was issued

Original U.S. WWII M3A1 Diaphragm Gas Mask with MIXA2 Filter dated 1944 and MIVA1 Gas Mask Bag Spanish Artillery Th patch on the leftOriginal 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