WW2 German Gas Mask Set With Soldiers Matching Gas Mask Number

A German gas mask set coming with both original long & short straps , spare lenses , Fe41 filter & 1943 dated Weapons decontamination bottle.
Gas mask is of the M38 black rubber facepiece model marked to the maker 'bmw' on snout with date '44'. Both of the fitted eyepieces are dated 1944. A red inked eagle & swastika inspection can be seen to inside edge of facepiece. Filter is of the Fe41 type with eagle & swastika marking still present. The handpainted number '314' has been applied this matching a number also painted by the same hand on the top of the canister. The painted blue eyepieces & snout denote that the metal is magnetic applicable to those using certain instruments . Canister comes with cleaning cloth retaining spring & is in its original factory green paint with 1943 date & maker to spare lense compartment . Two packs of spare lenses are contained within. The sprung loaded catch of the gas mask is marked & dated 'frn1943' . An embossed 'D' is visible on the bottom of the tin applied to canisters after October 1941 & denoting 'Dicht' for airtight. Both carrying straps are in excellent non frayed condition & retain a good amount of their original green colour. The orange skin decontamination bottle was found still inside the canister & so I have kept it together . It is dated 1943 to bottom.

Code: 13304