ww1 german gas mask tin

[montythefirst]

Hi,

i found this image of a camouflage painted german gas mask tin, does anyone know if thsi was common practice

cheers

Simon

 

[akaryu]

Hello,

This was not common at all, the "Bereitschaftsbuchse" was standard painted in field grey. Fantasy wasn't the German NCO's strongest point, so this practice might be frowned upon.

regards

 

[montythefirst]

i didnt think it was that is the only picture i have found of it done

 

[flart1943]

Hi Simon
I have never seen one in all the illustrations I have looked at. But in this game I have learned never to say never.
Pete

 

[megroot]

I looked in my books and couldn't find nothing. Beside that, the color's seems to bright for almost 100 years. Beside that it was stricktly forbidden to change something to the PSU.
It seems more WW II camo then WW I.

Marc

 

[housecarl]

I haven't seen it before, and it isn't proper dazzle pattern camo.
Carl.

 

[HiroshiAirborne]

I saw in a book once a photo of a helmet issued to an Austrian Artilleryman with camo similar to that in color but not that style. The camo was more jagged and this one looks like a misrepresentation of a more modern camo system.

- Hiroshi

 

[montythefirst]

I saw in a book once a photo of a helmet issued to an Austrian Artilleryman with camo similar to that in color but not that style. The camo was more jagged and this one looks like a misrepresentation of a more modern camo system.

- Hiroshi

the similar camo patterns on helmets are an undisputed fact they happened but this i think probably didn't