Original French WWI Appareil Respiratoire Spécial Special Breathing Apparatus ARS Gas Mask With Filter and Canister - Mask Still Pliable Russian Navy and both are in mint

and both are in mint condition

except on the muzzle of the barrel and end of the magazine

60" caliber smoothbore barrel

Cervera is certainly referring to Pascual Cervera y Topete

a wire or string is attached to the metal ring

Original French WWI Appareil Respiratoire Spécial Special Breathing Apparatus ARS Gas Mask With Filter and Canister - Mask Still Pliable Russian Navy and both are in mintOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1916, the French military began experimenting with copying and upgrading the GM15. Originally the prototype that would become the ARS, known as the MCG, had a faceblank made from a layer of rubberized cloth and no Tissot deflectors. Because of fogging and the inability of the mask to resist tear gas, the MCG was updated to include Tissot deflectors and a backing of cloth boiled in linseed oil. Also added to the