Original British WWII Homefront Baby Infant Gas Mask - Dated 1939 French Ordnance and is marked W

and is marked W

possibly in the late 1940s or 1950s

large air bladder

this rare type of bayonet for the Swiss Vetterli rifle is featured in THE BAYONET BOOK by Watts & White on page Page 269

Original British WWII Homefront Baby Infant Gas Mask - Dated 1939 French Ordnance and is marked WOriginal Item: Only One Available. This looks like a deep sea diving helmet but is in fact a gas mask for babies, dating from World War II. In 1938, the British Government gave everyone, including babies, gas masks to protect them in case the Germans dropped poison gas bombs on Britain. This gas mask was for children up to two years old. The parents placed their baby inside the mask so that the head was inside the steel helmet and the baby could see