Just put it on and tuck the excess material into the top of your uniform. This PH Gas Hood will offer the wearer no protection at all so is unsuitable for use against gas, smoke, dust or anything similar! Just like any other gas masks, it steams up inside when worn so gives you a genuine feeling of what a real one was like to wear. Please bear this in mind when buying this one.The hood has not been soaked in any anti-gas chemicals so is safe to wear. There are other PH hoods available with metal eye pieces but they are much more expensive. It is almost identical in appearance to the original gas hoods. It has 2 eye pieces (made from plastic and made to look metalic) and a black valve flapper with metal clip and a plastic fitting. Inside the hood is an ivory coloured cotton liner like the real ones - so 4 layers of fabric in total. The PH Gas Hood is made from a light blue / grey coloured cotton fabric. The same style of hood s are on display in the 'Passendaele Museum' and 'In Flanders Mu seum' in Belgium. See the 3rd photo of the reproduction hood on the left compared to the rather faded real hood on the right. It would be suitable for museum displays,battle re-enactments, murder mystery events, stage work (eg Oh what a lovelly war/ All quiet on the Western Front), fancy dress or just to look sinister! It is replicated from what I believe to be an actual WW1 PH gas hood so is the same size, shape etc. This listing is for a modern fullsize/ shape reproduction British style PH Gas Hood (similar to ones worn at the Battle of Loos in 1915).

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