Original U.S. Cold War Civil Defense CD V-777-1 Shelter Radiation Kit and Lionel CDV-700 Geiger Counter Model 6b Radiation Detector colts Could be carefully restored by

Could be carefully restored by an able seamstress

5" overall length

This is definitely a helmet that was worn

This presumably is where the priming powder was poured from into the rear of the Cannon's ignition system

is marked with a brass data plate that reads:

Original U.S. Cold War Civil Defense CD V-777-1 Shelter Radiation Kit and Lionel CDV-700 Geiger Counter Model 6b Radiation Detector colts Could be carefully restored byOriginal Item: Only One Available. According to the 1962 and 1963 annual reports of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), the CD V 777 1 set, first produced in 1962, was intended for use in public fallout shelters. By 1978, when Radiological Defense Preparedness (CPG 2 6. 1) was published, that job had been given to the CD V 777 2 set, and the CD V 777 1 was now an "alternate set for emergency service organization use." The older boxes (with the word