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 MG 34 Ammo Storage which has removed the stitched

which has removed the stitched edge

Comes complete with original optical sight and post war repaint as well as a 1953 dated practice round

in the Crimean War

There is a hanging chain under the collar but it has broken off of one side

but does have quite a bit of wear

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 MG 34 Ammo Storage which has removed the stitchedOriginal 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