United Kingdom. A Type G Oxygen Mask, c.1943 Archive enamels exhibiting wear throughout

enamels exhibiting wear throughout

the inside lid lined in white cloth and padded

each constructed of cardboard-reinforced blue wool and bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black threading

along with being marked in black ink on the underside of the flap with an upward pointing Broad Arrow above "W D" (War Department)

three with a two-piece construction

United Kingdom. A Type G Oxygen Mask, c.1943 Archive enamels exhibiting wear throughoutA Type G Oxygen mask, small size, blended and cured rubber, mask body lined with suede and features a shapeable copper wire across the nose, oxygen entered the mask via the corrugated Mk IV breathing tube and molded tubular cheek channels, inclusive of detachtube, evidence of wear and time leather around nose dry and cracked, very fine condition. Footnote: The Type G Oxygen Mask was introduced in 1942 until 1944 when it was replaced by the Type H