Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle - Maker marked and dated 1941 U.S. Flare Guns This 22-inch barrel

This 22-inch barrel

staccato of the French 75-millimeter [3-inch] guns

hastily improvised and makeshift heat retaining and snow camouflage items being utilized including everything from civilian winter clothing to white bed sheets

38-inch overall length cavalry carbine with saddle bar and two saddle rings has lock markings of the Birmingham England contractor C

the two companies were decimated

Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle - Maker marked and dated 1941 U.S. Flare Guns This 22-inch barrelOriginal 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