Original WWI British Trench Wooden Gas Attack Rattle reissued for WWII - Marked 1917 and A.R.P. Multi Nation Flags but production ceased and they

but production ceased and they turned to the regular ammunition when the stocks were depleted

The brown hardwood grip has no chips

lances and Cannons with the U

under Major General Matthew Ridgway

Original WWI British Trench Wooden Gas Attack Rattle reissued for WWII - Marked 1917 and A.R.P. Multi Nation Flags but production ceased and theyOriginal item: Only One Available. Gas Warfare, now banned by International Treaty, was first introduced in WWI on the Western Front, and the results were devastating. Soon everyone was issued with a gas mask and was required to carry one at all times. The wooden "Gas Rattle", which looks as if it should be a Crow Scarer, was introduced as it created a unique battlefield sound so everyone who heard it knew that a Gas Attack was imminent. By the time