Rare m38 gasmask in three-tone ‘Normandy’ camouflage from Pont des Réaux sur le Cagnard

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 90%. The gasmask was found in Pont des Réaux sur le Cagnard 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’. Considering FJR6 had a very typical camouflage pattern, distinctly different then this example my assumption is that this camouflaged gasmask once belonged to a member of the Das Reich division.

Very hard to upgrade piece!