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The very bottom shelf on the right....The syringes with the big rings are aseptic syringes...Instead of a plunger inside they were 'mineral' filled that was made of all things, asbestos...
Aseptic syringes (catheters) were used to fill vile or containers with a powder or liquid...This is the old form of sterilized transfer of material, now a days it's automated...
I dropped a link with images of some of the same old syringes and sterilizers a few images back, have a look...

ebolavirus...

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the pics...Like i said I'm not a photographer but the images are pretty decent...I'm waiting on some heads and a torso so I can model my military gear and gas masks...The masks would be appropriate for this thread but I don't want to hijack his run...
I would not have done it if Motts had not given his permissions...So I thank you Motts for letting me link into your run here...After the heads come in I would be more than happy to show off my collection by dropping another link to my Picassa album...
I'm currently not happy with the way the archived pictures are so I refuse to show them...
Motts, you site is completely awesome, you have the best sets I have ever seen and this one is by far my favorite...

Here is a few of my hyp pics...All the others are in storage and I would have to dog them out...
I'm not a photographer but I think the images are ok...I'll be happy to post an album of my gas mask once I get a Styrofoam head to model them with...


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I would link pictures but I don't want to hijack this photostream...if you would like to see what I have then I can send you a private link to my picassa album just email me at ebolavirus020@yahoo.com...
I'll be happy to show off what I have...It's not much but classic medical equipment is very expensive...

Most of what I have are glass plunger and barrel or glass and brass...All of mine are Eastern Bloc or Nazi made...I have the steel field sterilizers and boxes of new needles with cannula still in them too...
The newest set I have is a 5 pack of glass insulin syringes from the former East Germany complete with needles...
All of my syringes are brand new in original boxes...
I'll tell ya though that they are very heavy and somewhat scary...The small needles were very large back then. with intention to be used more than once..

Ms. Raven Poe:

I have been doing chemical gear collections and studying all ABC/NBC gear for about 20 years...I received my first gas mask about 10 years old and it just went on from there...
I have a very large collection from all countries of the world and have everything that was ever made in the former DDR which is my prized collection...I also do WWII syringes and needles too even though I despise those items and you can't get with 10 foot of me with one without a fight lol...

It could represent those slaughtered in the death camps by gassing with
Zyklon-B which leaves a blue staining called Prussian blue...

Thanks Motts...Yes dust/particle shield...


:) @ redinkreign

Happy to donate my info about the equipment...I found this set most interesting because of ABC content...

LucieLou:
Yes you did have to remove your everyday wear glasses off in order to don most protective masks because mask lenses are not script...
They would also cause seal problems...
If you wore prescription glasses you were issued a set of wire framed lenses that fit like swimmers goggles ...Instead of a straight ear piece there is a 'C' that comes off each lens and wraps around the ear to hold them in place with no movement...
The ear piece and nose piece are connected to lenses by springs...If you were to see someone wearing a set it would look something like monocle over each eye...This design is still used today...
Prescription sets were primarily used for people that went into a toxic environment to work or clean up, other than that the mask is donned to get out of an area quickly and not usually worn for a long period of time...Other than that you just have to deal with not being able to see properly for a little bit or die...

The wax paper packets were plastic replacement lenses and the tin is anti fogging inserts in the picture as I mentioned above...

ebolavirus...

Left to right:

Left: GM 44/1944...Military...An updated version of the GM 38 in the last image...

Second from left: I don't know, I can't ID that one....The design follows the industrial masks of that era...

Third in line is: VM-40...Volksgasmaske 40/civilian/1940...An updated version of the VM 37 mask which used the full head (helmet) wrap around design compared to this one which used straps to tighten the mask...This mask was built cheaply and not as sturdy as the VM 37...
Even today the market is flooded with them unused and can be bought for about $25 US for a green one but $100 US for black...

Last one on the right is an M-44/civilian/1944...
A ditch effort at providing civilians gas protection...This is the cheapest of cheap masks...Made of rubber impregnated fabric and like the VM models, issued with a cardboard filter when supplies like aluminum were running low...Hard to find these today...



Very nice images you have captured...


ebolavirus...

Very nice gallery....

Very sad to see from a collector and preservationist like myself...
But it's inevitable to see some of it go...

Very well preserved...The one on the left even has the tin and packets of spare lenses with it...

Heh, and here I make it to the picture with title... :P
Very innovative device...


ebolavirus...

She's carrying a Gasbettchen (Gas Bed) for infants and even used for toddlers...This one is made through the 1930's-40's...A bellows pumped air though it as you see under her arm...
For older kids not yet aged enough to handle a mask there was the Gasjäckchen (gas jacket)...Same principle...

Still manufactured and available today for your baby or toddler...

ebolavirus...