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The technology at the time would have been relatively primitive, and masks ranged from chemical-impregnated pouches attached to the full-face precursors to modern gas masks. For example, the french 'Tampon T' is a multi-layered fabric pouch with a face strap. It was usually issued with goggles to protect the wearers eyes. Full face gas masks tended to have asbestos-based filters and worked relatively well. Of course these days the asbestos will have degraded and it is VERY dangerous to wear such a mask unless the filter has been drilled out.

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