face mask (personal protection)

Face mask worn to protect against cold and dust. White cotton rectangle, padded in the centre, with a draw string looped through sleeves at each side. In a paper packet with printed image of two pigeons flying over factories with smoking chimneys, Chinese characters and the numerals 14X17.

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