Original British WWII Infant Baby Gas Mask MP 40 red cotton with white cotton

red cotton with white cotton stitched circle and embroidered black swas

This cased set named to Inspector Edmund Reid we believe predates the Ripper murders by approximately 15 years with the contents continually being added

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Raised in Nova Scotia in 1717 by General Richard Philipps the Regiment saw service all over Colonial America including the French and Indian Wars

Original British WWII Infant Baby Gas Mask MP 40 red cotton with white cottonOriginal Item: Only One Available. This looks like a deep sea diving helmet but is in fact a gas mask for babies, dating from World War II. In 1938, the British Government gave everyone, including babies, gas masks to protect them in case the Germans dropped poison gas bombs on Britain. This gas mask was for children up to two years old. The parents placed their baby inside the mask so that the head was inside the steel helmet and the baby could see