Original U.S. WWI Excellent Named & Insignia-Inscribed 78th Division Corrected English Type Box Respirator Gas Mask to Wounded Soldier - 312th Infantry Regiment - PFC William J. Ludwig MG 34 Ammo Storage but this is definitely one

but this is definitely one of the better bores we have seen

which has removed the stitched edge

The British Government adopted the 39" barrel (reduced in length from the 42" Short Land Pattern) in 1796

There is a hanging chain under the collar but it has broken off of one side

Both the sweatband and liner are marked with size 58 1/2

Original U.S. WWI Excellent Named & Insignia-Inscribed 78th Division Corrected English Type Box Respirator Gas Mask to Wounded Soldier - 312th Infantry Regiment - PFC William J. Ludwig MG 34 Ammo Storage but this is definitely oneOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The 78th Division of the United States Army was constituted on 5 August 1917 and activated on 23 August 1917, over four months after the American entry into World War I, at Camp Dix, New Jersey. It consisted of four infantry regiments: the 309th, 310th, 311th and 312th; and three artillery Regiments: the 307th, 308th and 309th. The division was originally allocated to New York and northern Pennsylvania in the National