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Originally Posted by Mike Jackson
Not sure about red, but based on the shell markings the most lethal German poison gas of WW1 were known as Yellow Cross (Mustard Gas) and Green Cross (Chlorine and Phosgene). That may be a connection. Mike
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From the www: [Canadian] Engineer Special Brigade troops in World War 1 wore an armband - Red/White/Green vertical stripes Possibly this translated in World War 2 into Red/Yellow/Green?