Original U.S. WWII Navy Oxygen Breathing Rescue Apparatus Type A-1 with Original Manual - Broken Sales along with some other writing

along with some other writing that we cannot quite make out

During late 1942

however overall the leather is quite degraded

and it features field red/maroon wool construction with a black leather sweatband

Original U.S. WWII Navy Oxygen Breathing Rescue Apparatus Type A-1 with Original Manual - Broken Sales along with some other writingOriginal Item. Only One Available. As used in WW2 by the U. S Navy this is a Navy Oxygen Breathing Rescue Apparatus, Type A 1. The Type A 1 apparatus was a self contained, closed circuit device. Oxygen, generated by chemicals in a canister, flowed to the right hand section of the breathing bag, where it mixed with air previously passed through the canister, then to the left hand breathing bag and on through the inhalation tube into the lungs. This