Complete with contents and in reasonable condition, with a date of 1943

This is the harder to find smaller sized tin.

Prior to the Second World War, it was commonly anticipated that, as in the First World War, gas would be used as a weapon. As a consequence, much effort was expended in equipping both service personnel and civilians with suitable counter-measures. This tin of anti-gas ointment was a military issue item, intended for use on skin contaminated by Mustard Gas. Like most Mustard Gas antidotes of the era, it relies upon a strong alkaline content to neutralize the gas residue. Ointment, Anti-Gas No 2 consisted of a mixture of Chloramine-T and vanishing cream.