Original German WWII Gasschutzhaube Medical Head Wound Gas Mask Can - dated 1940 m Constructed as a one piece

Constructed as a one piece sling - not the stitched 2 piece type - with brass double claw hook on one end and a brass stud button on the other

he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while serving as Pilot of a B-17 airplane on bombing missions over Germany on August 30

After the U

(Data about the 379th Bomb Group is from "Screwball Express" and is printed here with the permission of Ken Cassens

The blade ricasso is marked with maker F

Original German WWII Gasschutzhaube Medical Head Wound Gas Mask Can - dated 1940 m Constructed as a one pieceOriginal Item: Only One Available. The German WWII Gasschutzhaube (Gas protection hood) Medical Gas Mask was intended for anyone suffering a head wound, and therefore unable to use their issue gas mask. German medics carried these medical head wound gas masks, and were expected to use the filter from the wounded man's gas mask. They were issued to all branches of the German military during World War Two, although the most common ones encountered today