Original U.S. WWII Unissued M3 Diaphragm Gas Mask with M1VA1 Bag French Field Equipment The grip ferrule looks to

The grip ferrule looks to be plated brass alloy

Scabbard length: 10 1/4" with belt loop

The original label at the nape is still intact

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Original U.S. WWII Unissued M3 Diaphragm Gas Mask with M1VA1 Bag French Field Equipment The grip ferrule looks toOriginal 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