Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated August 1942 by SL/E Russian Headgear - Size 3 M1917 SBR

- Size 3 M1917 SBR Gas Mask With Artwork: This is a very nice example of an M1917 SBR Gas Mask in size 3 complete with mask

Further history of the Davis Guard:

was born in Fall River

and at the Appomattox Campaigns of 1865 that lead to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E

neck guard apron is serial number stamped 10049 and the interior

Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper British Made Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated August 1942 by SL/E Russian Headgear - Size 3 M1917 SBROriginal 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