Rare m38 gasmask in three-tone ‘Normandy’ camouflage named Am Sandmann from Guéhébert

Rare m38 gasmask in three-tone ‘Normandy’ camouflage from Pont des Réaux sur le Cagnard which is south of Coutances. This gasmask was found in a household clearing a long time ago and has been in a single collection since. The mask and its canister are in untouched, as found condition. The canister still retains its vibrant, wartime applied three-tone camouflage pattern up to 85%. The gasmask was found in Guéhébert which us near Trelly and Quettreville-sur-Sienne which where both the scene of fierce battles fought by the 6. Fallschirmjäger Regiment and 2. SS Panzerdivision ‘Das Reich’. The feldpostnummer indicates the following units;
03942
(Mobilmachung-1.1.1940) 5. Batterie Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 441,
(25.1.1943-31.7.1943) 5. Batterie gemischte Flak-Abteilung 441 (v),
(24.3.1944-6.11.1944) 21.4.1944 5. Batterie gemischte Flak-Abteilung (o),
(7.11.1944-Kriegsende) 24.1.1945 gestrichen,
(7.11.1944-Kriegsende) 14.2.1945 5. Batterie gemischte Flak-Abteilung 441 (o).

Very hard to upgrade piece!