Original British WWI Trench Warfare Gas Rattle - Dated 1918 New Items and BSA manufacture

and BSA manufacture

and 2001 Battle E

It would display exceptionally well in an Anglo-Zulu War

the soldiers spent most of their time below the surface of the earth

the cloth binding around the crown and still retains much of its white clay military finish

Original British WWI Trench Warfare Gas Rattle - Dated 1918 New Items and BSA manufactureOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WW1 trench warfare and the terror of a gas attack was continually present. Due to the close quarters and explosions so much noise was always occurring that it became essential to find a unique way of warning the troops that a gas attack was under way. Whistles, sirens and all forms of explosive reports were hourly occurrences so the introduction of the gas rattle was adopted. Basically, this is an all wood