This is  one 1000% original German WH  , as issued to German soldiers of the AK , RARE & REAL  NAMED AK camo gasmask set . The cannister received a comouflage in the sand color , typical of the AK . The paint is covering the original  factory field green , the camo paint is still is there at about 70% . The cannister was produced in 1941 and does have a company logo . The closing latch is marked FRN 1941 . The long and short strap are original to this set and show a lot of use . The short strap hook is rust covered . The cannister is NAMED to an  OberGefreiter "Kuritka" from the III Zug and what appears to be his fieldpost # 14441 ? the cannister also does have a serial issue # 86 in black paint ( which would have been recorded in the soldier ID papers) , which is where an other # was on the field green paint ?21 , the spring for the cleaning cloth is present at the bottom of the cannister , so is a cleaning cloth .  It is D marked . The lenses holder , does have one spare lenses and some bits and pieces to repair the lenses on the mask ,  the spring to hold them is missing ? . The mask is  painted in the AK/Sud front  type on the metal parts, the face mask is maker marked and dated 1942 and the lenses on it are dated 1941 , size 2 and made of rubber , produced by AQD , The remain of the red inked WAamt is still visible . It is safe to assume that this set was issued in early 1942   . The filter is the MOD FE42 FE and does a G on it and  8 no other markings  are visible, since they were covered by the sand paint . The filter has seen better days and does have a light surface rust , the bottom is a little dented as well . The AK strap holding the is in good condition and maker marked . The original AK/ artic  anti-gas pouch is made of the rarely seen sand rubberized material , the gas plane is the typical AK/Artic sheet , made of rubberized paper , the pouch itself is clearly maker marked and dated  January 1942 , produced by CEE , and TP ( for tropical) . I do not see any markings on the sheet. ( please note that , while the pouch and the gas sheet were together , the gas pouch was not fixed on the gas mask , must have been at some point , since they were together). This set came from the Son of  PRIVATE RICHARD CARLSON from the 103rd Infantry Division of the US army . The son did not know where is Father got it ,  the 103 rd served in North Afrika , then that is were he got it , the history is there , and can be easily researched .   Anyway , these are hard to find these days and this is a real AK set as issued to a soldier in early 1942 . Nice and rare set !!!  .
.Overall would be perfect to complete your  collection or display. Don't miss it !!!.