Gas masks: How they evolved from the trenches to the Iranian Embassy siege and beyond
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The gas mask was developed during the First World War after Germany launched the first chemical attack of the conflict in April 1915
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Authentic hand signed S6 NBC protective gas mask, respirator and holdall as of the type used during the Iranian Embassy Siege on 5 May 1980 by former SAS trooper … Pete Winner, AKA Soldier “I”, now on display to the public here at the Crime Through
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Authentic hand signed S6 NBC protective gas mask, respirator and holdall as of the type used during the Iranian Embassy Siege on 5 May 1980 by former SAS trooper … Pete Winner
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