Paint, Detector, Vesicant, Liquid, M5, Type 2, Normandy
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Genuine WWII US tin of liquid vesicant detector M5 paint, Type 2, that helped detect poisonous gas -- often applied on motor vehicles, especially on the hood, where the ground-to-air recognition star was painted.
This brown or green paint would turn red when vesicants were encountered; some troops also applied some of this paint on their helmets.
Manufactured by The Hilton-Davis Chemical Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Full, untouched condition; found in Cully, Normandy, France.
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Genuine WWII US tin of liquid vesicant detector M5 paint, Type 2, that helped detect poisonous gas -- often applied on motor vehicles, especially on the hood, where the ground-to-air recognition star was painted.
This brown or green paint would turn red when vesicants were encountered; some troops also applied some of this paint on their helmets.
Manufactured by The Hilton-Davis Chemical Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Full, untouched condition; found in Cully, Normandy, France.