IVY Posted September 13, 2012 Share #1 Posted September 13, 2012 I can have this gas detection armband but not sur if legit or fake !!!! what do you think ??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrabassett Posted September 14, 2012 Share #2 Posted September 14, 2012 Looks good to me. I have a number of originals and they all have the same markings and maker (the date might be different but font is the same) and the wear looks similar too. Nice find! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted September 14, 2012 Share #3 Posted September 14, 2012 Looks OK to me too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonewaller Posted September 20, 2012 Share #4 Posted September 20, 2012 Even though I'll probably never find one, could someone enlighten me on how these can be told apart from a repro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted September 20, 2012 Share #5 Posted September 20, 2012 Even though I'll probably never find one, could someone enlighten me on how these can be told apart from a repro? Easy. The repros don't turn pink when exposed to vesicant gases! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonewaller Posted September 20, 2012 Share #6 Posted September 20, 2012 Oh Ian.... Hahaha. Well, I'm sure my Labrador can provide the gas. Anyone got a spare Brassard they can "loan" for a "test"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted September 20, 2012 Share #7 Posted September 20, 2012 If you handle a repro (like the ones "Soldier of Fortune" sell) they have a stiffness/newness about them that distinguishes them from old originals. Very few, if any, have survived in that smooth, unwrinkled condition. Mine was found in a British gas-mask bag. It's in good shape, but easy to tell from a repro "in the flesh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonewaller Posted September 20, 2012 Share #8 Posted September 20, 2012 TI guess that makes sense! Thanks mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenm Posted September 20, 2012 Share #9 Posted September 20, 2012 Not many people would think to make one dated August 1944 either.... after that all-important event 2 months earlier before which everything must be dated for it to be worth anything..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted November 25, 2013 Share #10 Posted November 25, 2013 I can have this gas detection armband but not sur if legit or fake !!!! what do you think ??????? There is a photograph form ETO, taken on January 22, 1945, where the US AAA guner still wears gas brassard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThompsonSavage Posted November 26, 2013 Share #11 Posted November 26, 2013 These are my two late-44 made brassards: one 9/44 and one 10/44. Can't recall ever seeing a 1945 made one, don't know if the British were still producing them that late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted November 26, 2013 Share #12 Posted November 26, 2013 Here is AA defense of the 410th BG, France, 22 January 1945. And gas brassard is still in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted June 30, 2014 Share #13 Posted June 30, 2014 Most of the ones on the market come from one source in the UK. A guy found a bail of them a while back (pre SPR) and slowly sold them out into the collectors market. This is why so many have the same markings and date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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