![]() ![]() Paper, instructions, mask and box are in the one of the finest shapes you can find and is a valuable historical piece from ww2. UK used blue asbestos in their mask, also activated charcoal and this mask contains it. This is a non used gasmask with intact filter. Later they also called it Mickey Mouse, but it never made sense and not even today because there is non Mickey Mouse look at the mask. UK designed their mask with sharp colors so it looked more friendly. The story for the US mask was to make kids want to wear it because it’s Mickey Mouse and not a scary respirator. The name comes from the American Mickey Mouse who was actually designed by Walt Disney. It’s made for children use and were for kids in UK. This is a real complete Mickey Mouse gasmask from ww2/wwII. Rare authentic UK Mickey Mouse kids gas mask ww2 with complete kit December 1, 2019 Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom.The seller is “mikaeloverby” and is located in Fetsund. This item is in the category “Business & Industrial\Facility Maintenance & Safety\Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)\Masks & Respirators\Other Masks & Respirators”. The item “Rare authentic UK Mickey Mouse kids gas mask ww2 with complete kit” is in sale since Tuesday, October 19, 2021. ![]() Requests were so numerous that the studio had to set up an entire five-person unit devoted to insignia, under the lead of artist Hank Porter, to even come close to meeting demand.This is a real complete Mickey Mouse gasmask from ww2/wwII. Company artists created images of Disney characters for unit patches, eventually providing insignia to almost 1,300 units in the U.S. The use of Disney’s characters in war-related work helped to strengthen the perception of the Disney brand as a symbol of the United States and its values.ĭisney was most prolific during the war as a morale booster for the troops. By the end of the war, however, the title “Salesman of the American Way” may well have belonged to Walt Disney himself. In 1943 The New York Times singled out Donald Duck, in particular, as an “ambassador-at-large, a salesman of the American Way” for his representation of the United States both at home and abroad. Disney’s entire stable of characters was employed in the name of patriotism, and by 1943 newspapers were reporting that up to 90 percent of the Disney studio’s work was for government agencies. government at cost), and military insignia for over 1,000 different units in the U.S. Throughout the early 1940s, Disney churned out military training films, educational shorts (provided to the U.S. Artists, animators, and Walt Disney himself pitched in, enlisting Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and other beloved Disney characters in the war effort. But space was not all that Disney would provide the troops. Army troops requisitioned half of Walt Disney’s Burbank, California, studio for their use. On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into World War II. ![]()
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