Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle Royal Air Force The front has about 20%

The front has about 20% present

000 during the war years

with a CROWN / V "Viewed" marking on the breech plug

the initials of Edwin P

Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle Royal Air Force The front has about 20%Original Item: Only One Available. In WWI poison gas was introduced, now totally outlawed as inhumane. With all the noise in the trenches, the wooden gas rattle was adopted to alert soldiers in the trenches of an impending attack. These rattles had a totally unique sound, and were quite jarring, being able to be heard above the din of war. The fear of course once WWII began was that the NSDAP War machine would reintroduce poison gas, which would be