Original U.S. WWI Named USMC Painted M1917 Gas Mask Carrier With Eagle, Globe and Anchor - Camp Lee Detachment 106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division Hotchkiss .303 Aeck was nominated for the

Aeck was nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor by Colonel Metcalf

Shrapnel wound of the abdominal wall w/ protruding intestines

The original khaki cloth covering is intact and retains its original color

180-200 miles

Original U.S. WWI Named USMC Painted M1917 Gas Mask Carrier With Eagle, Globe and Anchor - Camp Lee Detachment 106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division Hotchkiss .303 Aeck was nominated for theOriginal Item: One Of A Kind. Entering into the First World War, the United States had no domestically manufactured gas mask to issue to soldiers. Instead the US Army had to rely on foreign manufactured and designed masks such as the French M2, British PH Helmet, British Small Box Respirator, and the French Appareil Respiratoire Tissot. The United States' government wanted something domestically engineered, and manufactured. This led to the Department