![SERIOUSLY STRANGE on Twitter: "Splatter masks were used by tank operators in WWI to protect their faces from shrapnel and chips of lead paint. https://t.co/BDZzM92bv8" / Twitter SERIOUSLY STRANGE on Twitter: "Splatter masks were used by tank operators in WWI to protect their faces from shrapnel and chips of lead paint. https://t.co/BDZzM92bv8" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbpvV0NUUAAsMzW.jpg)
SERIOUSLY STRANGE on Twitter: "Splatter masks were used by tank operators in WWI to protect their faces from shrapnel and chips of lead paint. https://t.co/BDZzM92bv8" / Twitter
![A WWI tank crew splatter mask, designed to help protect the crewmember's face from shrapnel when looking through the view ports. The eye covers were metal, the mask was leather and there A WWI tank crew splatter mask, designed to help protect the crewmember's face from shrapnel when looking through the view ports. The eye covers were metal, the mask was leather and there](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Splatter_Mask_%28WWI%29.jpg)
A WWI tank crew splatter mask, designed to help protect the crewmember's face from shrapnel when looking through the view ports. The eye covers were metal, the mask was leather and there
![British WWI Tankers Leather Covered Splatter Mask with Chainmail Mouth – International Military Antiques British WWI Tankers Leather Covered Splatter Mask with Chainmail Mouth – International Military Antiques](https://www.ima-usa.com/cdn/shop/products/ONSV23AGF4__04.jpg?v=1676054560)
British WWI Tankers Leather Covered Splatter Mask with Chainmail Mouth – International Military Antiques
![Protective mask, leather and chain mail, worn by tank crews, probably British, 1917-1918. Mask on dummies head, black background. | Wellcome Collection Protective mask, leather and chain mail, worn by tank crews, probably British, 1917-1918. Mask on dummies head, black background. | Wellcome Collection](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0057668/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)