Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated April 1943 by SL/DE Japanese Air Force Research indicates this would be

Research indicates this would be for the "Kaiser Franz Regiment"

First ordered in 1934

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

Terminal spike: 65x41 x 41 mm

The design of the Red Cross markings were spelled out in the Geneva Convention and were often called "Geneva Crosses

Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated April 1943 by SL/DE Japanese Air Force Research indicates this would beOriginal 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