British Army standard issue spectacles

lunette

Most soldiers wore their own civilian spectacles. However, the British Army designed a pair of standard pattern spectacles. They could be worn when using a gas mask. To ensure that they were being worn correctly, a medic could be consulted. 

Le Lance Corporal Walter Ray du Royal Engineers partage du rhum avec d’autres soldats, il porte des lunettes réglementaires de l’armée britannique IWM B5260
D-DAY - BRITISH FORCES DURING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY 6 JUNE 1944 (B 5260) Lance Corporal Walter Ray, Royal Engineers, shares with other Beach Group personnel a bottle of rum he found floating in the sea, Gold area, 6 June 1944. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205235006
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