Anti Gas Eye-shield

This is an original anti gas eye-shield. The design is primitive but in the times of WW2 cost was everything and this was the cheapest and most cost effective protection. This eye-shield was given to me by a family friend just a couple of weeks ago. There's some quite interesting instructions on the back of what to do in case of emergency. During the war the Medical Research Council stated;

"no special visor in any material was required other
than the present anti-gas eye-shield."

The opposing opinion was that a pair of goggles, invented by Sir Richard Cruise, was a more suitable option. However this was never adopted by the war office claiming that they were more likely to damage the eyes in the off chance that the goggles shattered.

Anyway here is the pictures;