Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated April 1943 by SL/DE Japanese Air Force Terminal spike: 65x41 x 41

Terminal spike: 65x41 x 41 mm

Antiaircraft Battalion – 2 Officers and 24 Enlisted Men

Overall condition is good with a nice blued finish and light pitting in areas

First ordered in 1934

Army Sterling Silver St

Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated April 1943 by SL/DE Japanese Air Force Terminal spike: 65x41 x 41Original Item: Only One Available. For the Normandy invasion, American troops were provided with a variety of chemical warfare equipment, as it was still unknown whether AH would employ poison gas on the battlefield in an effort to prevent the breaching of the Atlantic Wall. One measure taken was the issue of the gas detection brassard, which was an armband much like a military policeman's armband that was made of chemically impregnated light brown