GERMAN WW2 M30 GASMASK WITH INTEGRAL CORRECTIVE LENSES 

German WW2 M30 Gasmask with Integral Corrective Lenses

Product Code: GOFG-00011 Price: Check Latest This is a standard German WW2 M30 canvas gasmask. It has a very well made set of frames for holding the gas mask corrective lenses in place over the lenses of the mask itself. The frames are not field made but very well made and detailed and are tightly screwed in place over the frame of the eye pieces on the mask. This could be a mask specially made for an officer or someone who had the time, importance and resources to get this kind of thing manufactured. It could be an experimental factory prototype. I believe this is a possibility as I cannot find a waffenampt inside the fold on the inside of the mask which I have seen on every single other German WW2 gasmask that I have examined. The mask also has special replacement lenses marked “only for Auer model number 10047”. Auer was a famous manufacturer of German WW2 gasmasks during the war. Each piece of the mask is letter marked or labeled under the fold for manufacturing or assembly. I have seen marks like this on other masks but not as deliberate or clear making this possible notes for future assembly, etc. Regardless, this is really a one of a kind gasmask and a super addition to a WW2 Gasmask collection. I would think that it would be hard to focus through the lenses when attached to the mask in such a manner. The mask was purchased from a very extensive collection of German WW2 items recently sold in Europe. It is the only one of its kind that the collector saw in many years of collecting. The mask itself is in fantastic shape and all the head straps are in fantastic shape and intact. The mask itself is very supple and not cracking or dry rotted.