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The C38 was a French WW2 era gas mask. It was issued to civilians along with the TC-38 in the late 30's and early 40's.
Mask overview[]
The C38 is moulded out of rubber, it features a forward facing exhale valve, crimped on celluloid eye lenses, a rubber 7-point head harness and supports a 42mm filter port. The mask features no inhale valve, instead, the inhale valve was installed into the filter. The mask also features a moulded in inner tissot deflector system to prevent lens fogging.
These masks came produced in a variety of different colored rubbers - mostly tan or black, in rare occasions even red.
Filter[]
C38 were equipped with cylindrical 42mm French civil defense filters. These filters were mainly composed of an activated carbon layer and a corrugated paper layer for catching dust.
Kit[]
The C38 was issued in a standard French civil defense kit together with a civil 42mm threaded filter and a 2 ribbed carrying tin. These masks were also occasionally issued in cylindrical paper mache carriers instead of the usual tin ones.