Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated April 1943 by SL/DE Scottish Militaria Active from 1650 to present

Active from 1650 to present day

Features the classic brass blade front sight and iconic "buckhorn" rear adjustable sight

with a functional snap hook though very rusty

717th Bombardment Squadron

Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated April 1943 by SL/DE Scottish Militaria Active from 1650 to presentOriginal 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