What looks to be like an unpleasant and uncomfortable deep-sea diving helmet, is in fact a safeguard for infants. The mask was produced by a company called The Sun Rubber Company who usually made rubber items for schools and hospitals. The sizes range baby to toddler to kid to small adult all the way up to a stand adult size. The box is intact but very fragile with some light marks/scratches. 1,000 Mickey Mouse gas masks were produced and because no chemical warfare ever befell the United States, many of the Mickey Mouse gas masks have vanished or been destroyed. The Mickey Mouse gas Mask came in five different sizes for about 3.75 each. TRAFFX06 LEJJX4/11 SCEJX3/13ĬONDITION: 7+ (Very Fine+): The mask is in great shape with some small areas of light wear, mostly around rim of filter. Adults had masks that looked like a pig-snout and the childrens were soon given nicknames such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. ITEM NOTES: This is from a Great Britain collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. MK III on base LOT 82 and two stamps under flap on mask WENDY SEWARD ANDERSON written on bottom of box. 50 subscriber special testing the British Mickey Mouse gas mask from ww2.Click the like button and smash that subscribe button you don’t have to have click o. 7th, 1942, a month after the Pearl Harbor Attacks, the owner of Sun Rubber Company, T.W. MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Mask: rubber with metal and plastic lenses, elasticized straps, metal filter box cardboard, cotton laces.ĪTTACHMENT: Mask: head straps with clips box: laces. SIZE: Mask: approximately 9" in height and 5-1/4" in width box: approximately 4-3/4" in height and 4-1/2" in width and 6-1/4" in depth. 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." The mask has been stuffed with foam padding for the sake of photography only. The British government believed that some form of poison gas would be used on the civilian population during the war. Any person who has it in his possession is responsible in law for using care to keep it in good condition. The box reads: "This special respirator for a small child is government property. It is the British version of the American "Mickey Mouse" child's gas mask, although it looks a bit more like Kilroy than any other character. Fire Fighting & Rescue Headwear, Uniforms, Gear, Groupings, & Related Artifacts & CollectiblesĪRTIFACT: This is an extremely rare World War II English Home Defense child's gas mask accompanied by its original box.Fire Fighting & Rescue Insignia, Ribbons, & Miscellaneous Artifacts & Collectibles.Fire Fighting & Rescue Books, Paper, & Photographs.Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts & Collectibles.Police & Law Enforcement Artifacts & Collectibles.Military Police, Fire, & Law Enforcement Badges Everyone in Britain was given a gas mask in a cardboard box, the masks were used to protect people from gas bombs, which could be dropped during air raids.Federal Police, Fire, & Law Enforcement Agency Badges.Great Britain and Commonwealth Militaria.Dawn of Time to Before the American Revolutionary War.
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