Gas Mask
Admiral Digby Museum
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| Object Name: | Gas Mask |
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| Object Type: | Mask |
| Category: | Protective Wear |
| Material: | Canvas upper body Soft plastic eye shield Canvas straps Metal strap adjusters Metal filter holder Paper filter Cardboard box Paper instructions |
| Accession Number: | 2021.197.06 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1/1/1942 |
| Latest Production Date: | 12/31/1946 |
| Description: | Beige mask with plastic eye protection and black metal filter holder. Beige straps that would wrap around the head to hold the mask onto the face. Text on the underside of the mask. Size medium. Brown box included with some text written on it declaring the size of the mask and packing the mask. Mask use instructions also included. |
| Narrative: | Used in in the Army by Mechanical Engineer Sgt. Thurston Banks who served from 1942 to 1946. Thurston Banks was born and raised in Rossway, N.S. He was a Canadian Heavy Weight boxer, and was runner up for best in Canada Armed Forces. |
| Height: | 15 inches |
| Width: | 7.5 inches |
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| Institution City: | Digby |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |