Original Imperial Japanese WWII Gas Mask with Filter and Paper Label - Dated 1943 MG 34 design changes were made that

design changes were made that make it possible to identify an example made in WW2 or prior

but it is an original WWII German issue

Army-administered Disarmed Enemy Forces Facility (DEF) constructed at Regensburg

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Original Imperial Japanese WWII Gas Mask with Filter and Paper Label - Dated 1943 MG 34 design changes were made thatOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good, near excellent condition genuine WWII issue Japanese rubberized face mask, with metal rimmed lenses. The filter can has a wonderful paper label with instructions still attached. There are also markings stamped into the top of the can, one of which is 1 8, for the 18th year of the Showa era, or 1943. There is also a maker mark. The rubberized canvas mask is still fully intact, but it is stiff.