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Joe K.At first thought you would think that it is some primitive custom designed and home made mask, but I have actually seen this same style mask sold on eBay a couple times before. So it probably wasn’t completely custom made and served some purpose. Seems like it’s definitely a face mask, but it also seems doubtful it would have been used for baseball. The pillow padding is very large and the face hole is really small to see out of, especially with that large bar down the middle. You’ll have to try it on when you get it to see what you can see, but I doubt one could see much with that thing on. It does look more like some primitive bondage device. Could be baseball, but unless we can find a picture of someone wearing one, seems kind of doubtful.
I too have effectively used WD-40 to remove rust.