![]() Rubber Sponge Goggles-These were made with the same eye pieces as the P/PH Helmets-in this case reveresed but can be found either way. Known as Spicer Goggles or "French" type and issued with Gas Helmets and SBRs. Two ytypes of gas goggeles were introduced in Aug 1915 and both were made by J Spicer, Both were manufactured into 1917 in about 3 million per type Both were made concurrently. There was also a Gas helmet with integral Gas Goggles known as the PHG which was manufactured in very low numbers for Artillery crews and Machine-gunners etc. I have a later version and will post photos when I have a chance. In around May/June 1916 and new pattern satchel was introduced with two pockets-one for the helmet and one for gas goggles. This variety is a single bag-sometimes known as the "old" Pattern. The satchel was introduced in August 1915 with the P Helmet. This is a complete Helmet set with Inner bag and satchel. In 1915 the material for helmets was changed to flannelette and not flannel. This example has inner flannelette in pajama material and also the back panel. This example has an elongated portion of flannellette commonly found on PH helmets. PH helmet (Jan 1916) is almost identical to P helmet. The inner layer of flannel is usually, not always, striped pajama flannel. The P helmet (Aug 1915) was made of two layers of flannelette (cotton) with an added mouth piece (rare surviving rubber mouth piece). A very similar bag was issuued for the black vieling resipirator. The carriers are original ("Cases, Helmet Flannel" as approved on 10 June 15 to the helmets. The Flannel was still single layer.īoth of the above helmets belonged/were issued to A/Sjt B Coates of the RE special Bde. The last batch of Hypo helmets (July 1915) used the screw-on glass eye pieces that would be standard on P and Ph helmets. (the very first helmets had mica windows but these were not too good). The hypo (May 1915) was single layer of flannel with the eye piece of the same material that Film stock is made out of. Thought some may like these-Here are some examples of Hypo, P and Ph helmets.
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