Description
on dark green wool
enamel damage to top half
featuring the inscription AL EXCMO
for service in Continental Europe
Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Gas Protection Goggles Auction Archive on dark green wool(Schutzbrille zum Atemschtzer). A pair of First World War gas protection goggles, constructed of two non magnetic metal eyepieces with transparent celluloid lenses and boiled leather liners, fastened together at the centre with a canvas strap, and retaining an elasticized headband with a functional metal buckle, unmarked, measuring 17 cm at their greatest width, demonstrating material fatigue consistent with both age and field use, in very fine