{"id":721,"date":"2020-08-17T00:13:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T00:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testserver7.webdesignpilot.com\/?p=721"},"modified":"2020-09-04T13:16:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T20:16:44","slug":"rare-wwi-usn-marine-corps-mk1-gas-mask-1917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiquesarmsandarmor.com\/index.php\/militaria\/fieldgear\/us-military-fieldgear\/rare-wwi-usn-marine-corps-mk1-gas-mask-1917\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare WWI USN \/ Marine Corps MK1 Gas Mask 1917"},"content":{"rendered":"

WWI USN \/ MARINE CORPS 1917 MK1 GAS MASK – rubberized linen; perfect lenses and straps; intact rubber mouthpiece & nose clips inside (see pics 7-8); Rare seldom seen Original<\/p>\n

Background: The US Navy\/Marine Corps Mark-I was one of the earliest masks made by the United States military, not to be confused with the later optical Mark-I made in WWII. These short lived masks were manufacturing around 1917-1918. The mask was designed to take the elements of the British Small Box Respirator and the German Gummischutzmaske and make a comfortable and mobile mask during the First World War. Similar to the Gummischutzmaske, the Mark-I was issued in a metal canister. However unlike the German mask, the Mark-I used a wide rubber flapper type exhale valve that protruded from the filter inlet stem. Like the British, the Navy Mouth Canister mask used nose clips and a snorkel like mouth piece on the inside; a rare short-lived WWI era mask in superb condition.<\/p>\n