Equipment - MASK, GAS with FILTER, Richard Hughes Pty Ltd, 1942

Physical description

This Gas Warfare kit has 3 components. They are fixed together.
Filter, Corrugated tin canister. Outlet nozzle on top - two slots on one side.
Tube, corrugated rubber tube, covered in khaki cotton.
Rubber, Full face mask. Two glass eyelets input valve, exhaust valve. Six mounting lugs, elastic straps for mounting.

Inscriptions & markings

Filter - on top - “ML27842 C.5170, Bottom = No4A 1942 HH85 GVM”
Tube - half covered - but “??? V13LI”
Mask - Lens mounting rings have “M. Stokes 1942”

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