School Find* WWII Babies Gas Mask with Original Home Office instruction Pamphlet. 21444. School Find* WWII Babies Gas Mask with Original Home Office instruction Pamphlet. 21444. Antiques & Militaria

This example was found undisturbed in the cellar of a school in Sheffield and is in overall very good condition. The baby would sit inside the main body of the mask looking up through the glass, with the flap on the bottom looping between the babies legs like a nappy. Children's gas masks were often made in bright colours to make them less frightening. This baby's mask would have totally enclosed the baby and air would have been pumped into the mask with the built in hand pump. In good condition with pump, webbing straps, metal frame, canvas hood and Perspex screen intact. The rubberised Perspex flange has dried with age but is still in place. The brass coloured tin plate to the rear reads’ This appliance is Government property any person who has it in his possession is responsible in law for using care to keep it in good condition. It is to be returned to the local authority in whose area the possessor may be at any time. Either on request or when no longer required’. Accompanying the mask is the scarce original Home Office instruction leaflet. The price for this collectors piece includes UK delivery. 21444.