Portable oxygen apparatus

Made:
1940-1945
maker:
S Maw, S.

Portable oxygen apparatus, German luftwaffe issue, 1939-1945. With radioactive dial.

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A654183
Materials:
aluminium and plastic
type:
oxygen cylinders

Parts

Dial for portable oxygen apparatus, German luftwaffe issue, 1939-1945

Dial for portable oxygen apparatus

Dial for portable oxygen apparatus, German luftwaffe issue, 1939-1945

Object Number:
A654183 Pt2
type:
radioactive material

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