Description
and concentrated around Piedimonte d'Alife for combat training
Totally covered and caked with dried on grease
which makes them a very interesting piece of firearms history
Flag measures approximately 39” by 31”
The overall length of the sword is 38”
Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated April 1943 by SL/DE British Lancer and concentrated around Piedimonte d'AlifeOriginal 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