Preserver, life
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Inflatable
- DATE
- 1943
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0409.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 10-30B-2
- LOCATION
- Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1118
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. canvas-like cloth; steel & aluminum hardware; steel fasteners; rubber tube; plastic connectors
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 64.0 cm
- Width
- 52.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 8.0 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Personal gear
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945); cartridge appears to be dated Nov. 1943
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
provides buoyancy to keep wearer afloat if ejected from aircraft over water; designed to not interfere with flying suit or parachute & keep wearer's head above water if wounded or unconscious - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on cloth tag inside collar reads: "Schwimmweste/Gerat - Nr. 10-30 B-2/Anforderz.F130154-2/Werk-Nr.581543/Hersteller: bwz"; ink stamped below tag: "8/18/24/1118"; ink stamped on outside collar: "1118"; lettering hand written on outside collar: COOKE"; lettering ink painted on tank reads: "11.43/Pre[?]luff 150 [illeg.]"; stamped lettering on red pipe reads: "78157/Werner"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- predom. tan with medium brown reinforced piping around outer edges; black fasteners, cartridge, tube, knob & connectors; red pipe
- Decoration
- none
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Unknown Manufacturer, Preserver, life, circa 1943, Artifact no. 1999.0409, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0409.001/
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