Original German WWII M30 3rd Model Size 2 Gas Mask with Filter & Can - All WWII Dated MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets as marked at the bottom

as marked at the bottom

1989) state that less than half of that number were ever completed

There is a back action lock mounted on the right side of the action which is marked: - TANNER & CO

which definitely classes this as a Wakizashi

Here is what was said about this true American Hero:

Original German WWII M30 3rd Model Size 2 Gas Mask with Filter & Can - All WWII Dated MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets as marked at the bottomOriginal Item: Only One Set Available. This is the first time we have offered one of these as a set! This is an excellent condition model M30 G Maske or Gasschutzmaske (Gas protection mask), complete with an original Filter and Carrying can, all maker marked with early WWII dates. The model M30 was first issued to troops in 1930, and the mask was produced from rubberized canvas with a soft suede leather frame which fitted around the wearers face. The