Original U.S. WWI Excellent Named & Insignia-Inscribed 78th Division Corrected English Type Box Respirator Gas Mask to Wounded Soldier - 312th Infantry Regiment - PFC William J. Ludwig Japanese Uniforms It is constructed from lacquered

It is constructed from lacquered iron/steel

The shell has some heavy oxidation on the interior

or at least assembled

The grip panels are wood with vertical lines for the gripping surface

though during the Weimar and Pre-WWII period focused much more on cutlery and razors than anything else

Original U.S. WWI Excellent Named & Insignia-Inscribed 78th Division Corrected English Type Box Respirator Gas Mask to Wounded Soldier - 312th Infantry Regiment - PFC William J. Ludwig Japanese Uniforms It is constructed from lacqueredOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The 78th Division of the United States Army was constituted on 5 August 1917 and activated on 23 August 1917, over four months after the American entry into World War I, at Camp Dix, New Jersey. It consisted of four infantry regiments: the 309th, 310th, 311th and 312th; and three artillery Regiments: the 307th, 308th and 309th. The division was originally allocated to New York and northern Pennsylvania in the National