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Tauchretter Air Bottle
Specifications
Tauchretter Air Bottle
Category
Military
Classification
CHENHALL - Personal Objects - Personal Gear - Personal Assistive Objects - Apparatus, Breathing - Tank, Breathing
Object Origin
Date Manufactured:
c. 1940
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Black painted metal cylindrical canister with a brass-colored metal nozzle. Text embossed on the neck of the cap. Inscription is stamped around the bottle just below the neck. Canister has a slightly domed bottom.
Materials:
metal
Marks: Neck of cap: "AUER" Around bottle: "SAUERSTOFF / 27656 / FULL 150 ATU u 12.7.43 AUER-ORANIENBURG / 751726 1 PRUF225 1TU LEER1.15KG INHO. 4LTR"
Measurements: Object:
Length: 11 in, Diameter: 2.5 in
Weight: 3.4 lbs
Credit
Gift of the United States Navy, 54.93.8
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Tauchretter Air Bottle
About: Tauchretter Air Bottle
About: Tauchretter Air Bottle
This bottle of compressed air was used with a rebreather to give the user an extra supply of oxygen in the event of emergencies.
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