A two-piece construction buckle
with four brown plastic buttons on the right side facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left side that are discreetly hidden under a flap
51 grams inclusive of its attached ribbon
overlaid by white enameled Olympic rings and topped by a NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika
the obverse consisting of a black and yellow enameled ring
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1940 Gas Mask, with Case, Owner-Attributed Example Republic of A two-piece construction buckle(Wehrmacht Gasmaske M30 und Tornister). A well preserved and complete Wehrmacht gas mask, constructed of a field grey rubberized canvas mask with intact tinted plastic eyepieces situated within metal frames, retaining a magnetic metal filter situated on a threaded connection, stamped with a manufacture date of 1940, the mask retaining elasticized straps adjusted with aluminum buckles, accompanied by its original storage case, constructed of an olive