mask

Metal, mask to cover nose and upper part of face, covered with leather except eye holes, where slits in metal allow vision; chain mail hung below mask protects lower part of face; tapes for tying on; padded over cheek bones; worn by driver of one of the first tanks, while being tested on Barnham Cross Common, Thetford, during 1st World War (Elveden Estate was the test site for tank prototype development)