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Boots: protection against mustard gas. Includes 2 photographs depicting: Chemical...
Catalogue reference: WO 188/515
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- WO 188/515
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1940
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Boots: protection against mustard gas.
Includes 2 photographs depicting: Chemical Defence Research Department: chemical warfare - protective clothing: tests on resoled army boots for mustard gas penetration. Dated 1939.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- RR339/51-69
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WO 188
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