White Cross (chemical warfare)


White Cross is a World War I chemical warfare agent consisting of one or more lachrymatory agents: bromoacetone, bromobenzyl cyanide, bromomethyl ethyl ketone, chloroacetone, ethyl bromoacetate, and/or xylyl bromide.
During World War I, White Cross was also a generic code name used by the German Army for artillery shells with an irritant chemical payload affecting the eyes and mucous membranes.