Opened my 87 year old tin sealed M1A1 gas mask.

[DukeNougat3d]

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Hi Dukenougat, nice display and thankfully the top has been opened sympathetically so that all the printed detail is legible. I bought one of these over twenty years ago from a US dealer and he had torn open the top cover with a screwdriver and hammer destroying the etiquette information, if only he had opened it at the opposite blank end that would have made it better for displaying.

 

lewis.

 

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It was not me who opened it, but thankfully all markings on the can are legible and all packing materials are present. I received this off of a collector friend of mine who was kind enough to donate it among other masks in exchange for some cleanup/restoration services on a few masks which are a part of his personal collection.