Historical Artifacts

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Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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British tanker 'splatter mask' for deflecting shrapnel, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Man... What a fascinating object.

Thanks for posting, that's a really interesting gimpse through time and space

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30013368

[–] Clevererhans 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did it actually work?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yep! Reasonably well, at least. Later tanks would have improved armor that made shrapnel and spalling less common, so after WW1 you generally see tankers only in goggles rather than full face masks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

If we still had the problems, we could use stuff from riot armour.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Seems like a great reason to shave your beard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Actually pretty cool. Looks very Mad Max

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I could use this when cooking bacon