Original French Pre-WWII TC-38 Civil Defense Gas Mask With A.R.S. Canister - Civilian Variant of the ANP T-31 Original Antique Guns The throat is marked M

The throat is marked M

with a 5 inch steel clip point blade

For ease of transportation the haft has been sawn at an angle

and has pocket on hoist edge for pole

Texas before shipping out to the Pacific Theater in December 1944

Original French Pre-WWII TC-38 Civil Defense Gas Mask With A.R.S. Canister - Civilian Variant of the ANP T-31 Original Antique Guns The throat is marked MOriginal 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)