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| Picture No | 10215231 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | German gas masks |
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A British impression of the type of respiratory equipment used by German soldiers during gas attacks upon Allied troops. The Germans first used poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd 1915, defying the Hague Convention treaty of 1907 which they had signed.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News. May 1st 1915, page 553 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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