German gas mask put togheter?

[ziomanno]

Hello collectors;
I've been offered with this gas mask setup; for what I know, the tube should be a '35/36 specimen, but is marked 1941 on the bottom, while the mask seems to have been made in '43. There is also a small piece of paper with name, rank and (maybe) unit of the owner, but dated 1942. The filter has an unknown (for me) red writing on it: would you please tell me what do you think about this "ensemble"? Maybe a luftshutz issue?

TIA.

[harryamb2]

these things got swap about anyway,so I would not worry to much.its all original.

[ziomanno]

Thanks Harry; what about the markings on the filter? Do they mean something for you?

[Auseklis]

Üb. means Übung (training). Not suitable for real chem protection. Only for running through the woods under chem warfare conditions.

[ziomanno]

Thanks Auseklis, very useful.

[kradman]

From the closing catch on the tin i would think luftshutz issue

[ziomanno]

From the closing catch on the tin i would think luftshutz issue

It should be an early wehrmacht GM canister; maybe reissued to the rear echelon troops or luftshutz.
I hope someone would translate the paper, it could provide more infos...

[No1canuck]

It should be an early wehrmacht GM canister; maybe reissued to the rear echelon troops or luftshutz.
I hope someone would translate the paper, it could provide more infos...

Yes the canister is a 1935/1936 wehrmacht and a nice one at that.
Steve

[Auseklis]

The paper, as far as I can read it:

Obergefreiter Wolfgang ???
2./L.B.B. 5 (probably Luftwaffen Bau Brigade V)
Groß-???, Ost-Preussen

Edit:
I'm unsure about the LBB since the numbering don't fit Luftwaffen Bau Brigade.
There 2-3 sites on the web, translating it as "Langbasisbeobachtung", but I never seen this term before (and I'm a reading the Tessin for entertainment ).

Maybe someone else knows?

[ziomanno]

The paper, as far as I can read it:

Obergefreiter Wolfgang ???
2./L.B.B. 5 (probably Luftwaffen Bau Brigade V)
Groß-???, Ost-Preussen

Edit:
I'm unsure about the LBB since the numbering don't fit Luftwaffen Bau Brigade.
There 2-3 sites on the web, translating it as "Langbasisbeobachtung", but I never seen this term before (and I'm a reading the Tessin for entertainment ).

Maybe someone else knows?

Great! Maybe Luftwaffen Bau Bataillon (5) ?
That kind of unit would explain the issue of a pre-war gas mask canister...