Original British WWI Wooden Gas Alarm Rattle For Use as Gas Alarm Only Gift Card It bears original serial number

It bears original serial number 13836 clearly on the tang of the receiver

but was disbanded in 1918 due to manpower shortages

The convex "banana" shaped lockplate is engraved with the standard British military marks of a crown over a GR

The right side displays the manufacturing information

The album is not only a photo album

Original British WWI Wooden Gas Alarm Rattle For Use as Gas Alarm Only Gift Card It bears original serial numberOriginal 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