KnuckleDuster1
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Please send me a private message if any here are looking to sell one of these masks. I'm very interested in adding one to my small collection. Many thanks!
Wanted: Original M15 gummimaske with canister
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John Josef
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There is one that popped up on ebay,
It's the earlier mask you are looking for but is in the later can, just search this and you can find it.
WW1 German Gas Mask Original Complete Set Including Cannister And Spare Lenses
Good luck
It's the earlier mask you are looking for but is in the later can, just search this and you can find it.
WW1 German Gas Mask Original Complete Set Including Cannister And Spare Lenses
Good luck
KnuckleDuster1
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Thank you so much for your response. I know the exact one you're speaking of. It is indeed the correct mask but with an incorrect filter and canister. Also, this seller sold that very mask to another eBayer for $350, then cancelled the sale and relisted the mask for $800! Not okay. Unfortunately, the hunt continues. All the best!
Peter B
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The Collector's Guild have a canister, although it says M1917 and does not have a strap, so I am not sure if it is the same as the M15:
It also comes with spare lenses.
It also comes with spare lenses.
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John Josef
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No problem, just trying to help you out and your post just states.
Wanted: Original M15 gummimaske with canister
You have to be really specific and post exactly what you're looking for.
So, you're looking a pure early example, they are much harder to find as during the course of the war as you know things and designs changed and they just used what they could get so it's really hard to find one that hasn't been touched since first issued early in the war.
Those late war snap filters are getting hard to find and can bring 2 hundred bucks and any type can with complete straps are also very desirable and extremely hard to find.
Since I know exactly what you're looking for I will keep me eye out for you.
Can I ask what the max is you'd like to pay for an all original M15 set? I may even be tempted to part with one of mine.
Happy hunting. John Josef
John Josef
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Unfortunately, that's the later model can and won't work for what he's looking for. He wants an untouched complete M15 set with early can and filter system.
They are much harder to find; I buy everyone I see, and you see about 1 per every hundred if that. The material stiffens and just cracks and rips up and the filters were used and replaced with later production models.
Tuff to find complete M15's no doubt.