Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated August 1942 by SL/E Russian Headgear One last note on uniforms

One last note on uniforms

The "CROWN / B" inspection mark is attributed to inspector E

The interior has a BDM - Weste RZM tag numbered 232634

where it was more protected

was born in Fall River

Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated August 1942 by SL/E Russian Headgear One last note on uniformsOriginal 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