Goggles
Item
Title
Goggles
Description
Resistal Goggles circa 1920's Uvex style aluminum frames with glass lenses Goggle frames are attached by a brown leather nose bridge The elastic back strap is attached on either side of the frame by brown leather correct adjustments each bearing the RESISTAL S&B N.Y. stamp.
Identifier
008.500.236
Format
Provenance
Resistal goggles were issued during WWII. The US Navy and Marine Corps aviators wore them to a small extent at the beginning of US involvement, but they are most well-known as tank crew goggles. The USA sent lend-lease M4 Shermans to Commonwealth armed forces as well as some of the appropriate kit including helmets, goggles, Thompson SMGs, 'Grease Guns', etc. A pile of Tanker helmets were discovered a few years ago in India, and more recently a pile of Thompson magazine pouches and pistol belts turned up in a former member of the CCCP that were shipped with M4 Shermans during WWII. These were probably worn by a Canadian tank crewman, but Resistal was a commercial company and offered a number of different but similarly styled goggles. They could easily have been purchased by Canada and issued out to motor dispatch riders, etc.
Abstract
Unstable
Date Created
1920's