M-1944 Goggles

[YLG80]

This is what I've found today in a flea market in Switzerland, in the military area.
Usually there is only Swiss stuff, but this time there was a US accessory.
The M-1944 googles are in the original box with 2 spare lenses :one red and one clear.
The rubber is black and marked 1945 on one side and the other side USN.
Price was 25CHF
I guess that this box can take place in my 1943 GPW glove box

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[Bangle 99]

That’s a nice find!


V/R

James D Teel II
Retired Police Sergeant/Bomb Tech
SFC OKARNG
Edmond, Oklahoma
'43 Willys MB/ITM jeep
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[AZ Jeff]

Funny where Navy stuff ends up...

Jeff Q.
AZ

[YLG80]

Funny where Navy stuff ends up...

Jeff Q.
AZ

Yes it was surprising. Most of the time they are marked US.

I bought the goggles thanks to your post in 2007
viewtopic.php?p=572451#p572451
It's really cool to have a smartphone while hunting in a flea market
Yves

[YLG80]

Funny where Navy stuff ends up...

Jeff Q.
AZ

BTW, can you identify these goggles.
The guy is the very first GI who arrived here in 1944, where I'm actually living . (Jeep 1A 759 Light Tank like mine !)
Yves

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And these ones. They look different.

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He is an officer of the 759th LT talking with Colonel J.J. Hayes on the right side of the photo.

[Bangle 99]

M1943 wind and dust goggles. They came in a variety of lens colors; clear, green, red, and smoke.


V/R

James D Teel II
Retired Police Sergeant/Bomb Tech
SFC OKARNG
Edmond, Oklahoma
'43 Willys MB/ITM jeep
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[Sarchet]

I think the goggles in the second picture are the gas shield goggles. The M1943s have a leather frame.

[Bangle 99]

Yeah. I’m sure you’re correct.


V/R

James D Teel II
Retired Police Sergeant/Bomb Tech
SFC OKARNG
Edmond, Oklahoma
'43 Willys MB/ITM jeep
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[Mark Jesic]

What a brilliant find Yves, mint condition as well.

[Wingnutt]

Nice find, Yves!

[YLG80]

Nice find, Yves!

Nice collection and cool photo!

[AZ Jeff]

I believe the cigarette GI is wearing aviator goggles with the separate frame cushions (unlike the one-piece cushion AN6530 etc.). The vent on the top of the frame says "aviator" vs. a vent-less German Army goggle. The link design between the frames would tell the tale (but we can't see it in this pic).

The officer's celluloid goggles could be US or Brit. In North Africa Rommel had a few famous pics taken wearing those. His were most certainly Brit as those photos pre-dated our arrival.

Jeff Q.
AZ

[Silly's MB]

The officer's celluloid goggles could be US or Brit. In North Africa Rommel had a few famous pics taken wearing those. His were most certainly Brit as those photos pre-dated our arrival.

Jeff Q.
AZ

I agree, I think they are either US Eyeshield M1 or British Eyeshield MKII. I am fairly sure Rommel was wearing the British MKI which had a more defined edge to them.

[YLG80]

Thanks for that information.
Yves

[robymn]

Nice find, Yves!

That's a nice collection of eyeglasses and goggles.