Henley 5-40 civilian Gas Mask
A 6 inch by 7 inch by 5 inch deep brown paper box with a Henley 5-40 civilian gas mask inside. The respirator is a thin-gauge black rubber mask with clear plastic single piece oval vision slot sealed into front of mask with brown outside and white inside cloth edging. Join in rubber is sealed […]
General Service Respirator V Black with Khaki Canvas Case
A 7-inch (17.78 cm) by 9-inch (22.86 cm) black rubber gas mask. The Mark IV was the first mask made entirely in Canada with rubber from Goodrich Rubber. On the Eve of the Second World War, Canada produced enough masks to supply other Allied nations with anti gas components. The production of the mask was […]
MITT Decontaminating CW Agent and Paper Chemical Agent Detector
A 5 inch by 7 inch canvas decontamination mitt with 2 inch by 3 inch chemical detector papers. The Chemical Agent Liquid Detector papers were designed to meet the need for a simple, rapid method of detecting and differentiating between the 3 Major groups of liquid chemical warfare agents. The U.S. Military has more than […]
No. 69 Bakelite Grenade
A black plastic 3.5 inch diameter grenade. The British No. 69 was a hand grenade developed and used during the Second World War. It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with smaller destructive radius than the No. 36M “Mills bomb”. This allowed the thrower to use a grenade even when […]
Hales Rifle 303 Grenade
A cast brass 3 inch by 5.5 inch long grenade meant to be launched by a British SMLE No. 1 MK III .303 Enfield Rifle. The scored bulb near top of grenade was to increase explosive radius. Grenade launchers were put on lesser condition rifles that may have been taken out of service otherwise extending […]
Mills Pattern Grenade No. 36 Mk1
A 4 inch by 2.75 inch diameter metal grenade. The Mills was a classic design; a grooved cast iron “pineapple” with a central striker held by a close hand lever and secured with a pin. According to Mills’s notes, the casing was grooved to make it easier to grip, not as an aid to fragmentation; […]
C3 NBCW Gas Mask (Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare)
A 7-inch (17.78 cm) by 9-inch (22.86 cm) black rubber gas mask. The C3 NBCW (Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare) protective mask is a full-face respirator, primarily used by military personnel and first responders. It was developed in Canada, with early versions potentially dating back to the 1950s and 1960s. The C3 is an upgrade […]
Ortona by Mark Zuehlke
Ortona: Canada’s Epic World War II Battle by Mark Zuehlke. This book provides the account of the Canadian army’s task of taking the Italian town of Ortona from the German army.
Pte. Albert Thomas Henry, wounded by mine, Littlehampton England – Feb 1942
Pte Albert Thomas Henry in battledress jacket and balmoral. Jacket has two ribbons of Henry’s service. Henry was injured in England while training and entering a minefield. Near Windmill, outside Littlehampton, No. 8 Platoon was conducting a Battle Drill exercise with the rest of Able Company. They entered a minefield, poorly marked, by climbing through […]
The Memoirs of General George Kitching
Mud and Green Fields: The Memoirs of General George Kitching (Canadians at War Series). This book is the memoirs of General George Kitching of his life and service in the Canadian Army, especially during the Second World War.