Original French Pre-WWII TC-38 Civil Defense Gas Mask With A.R.S. Canister - Civilian Variant of the ANP T-31 Japanese Holsters This would be read: SHOWA

This would be read: SHOWA (current reigning emperor) Juu Kyuu Nen (19th year of reign - 1944) Juu-Ni Gatsu (12th Month - December)

with much of the original olive brown paint intact

The brushes come in two lengths

The turtle is the fabled denizen of the sea whose determination

Original French Pre-WWII TC-38 Civil Defense Gas Mask With A.R.S. Canister - Civilian Variant of the ANP T-31 Japanese Holsters This would be read: SHOWAOriginal Item: Only One Available. At the end of World War I, the high number of civilian casualties highlighted the need to upgrade the protection of people during conflicts. In 1933, the first voluntary organization to protect civilians during war time was founded with the support of Gaston Doumergue, a French politician of the Third Republic. In 1938, at the dawn of World War II, the French government developed civil defense (dfense passive)