WWI Gas mask

Description: 

although gas masks were used as a way of protection fro m these poisonous substances, they could not detai n all of them. suffocating gases like mustard gas was unable to keep soldiers from asphyxiation, for it was known to penetrate all clothing and persistantly scattered throughout the body. 

 

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Image Date: 

circa. The middle of the month Spring 20th century