Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated July 1943 by JL&S Japanese Edged Weapons The knife is a solid

The knife is a solid example of the type nickel-plated over a steel base

while several regiments from the two divisions were eventually surrounded and surrendered

with light wear and some staining

- Medal Ribbon Bar with Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal with Two Battle Stars

The following year

Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated July 1943 by JL&S Japanese Edged Weapons The knife is a solidOriginal 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 that all Allied invasion clothing was saturated with CC 2, an oily, smelly gas repellent that made GI uniforms stiff and uncomfortable (scenes of GIs boiling