Original Australian WWI 42nd Infantry Battalion Marked Air Raid Alarm Wood Gas Rattle Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock " the officer replied

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which is retained about 50%

The carry can is in very good condition with much original paint remaining with a part of the original strap still present

Shell bears a fantastic hand painted regimental emblem and battle streamers of the Regiment from WWI

Before 1871

Original Australian WWI 42nd Infantry Battalion Marked Air Raid Alarm Wood Gas Rattle Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock " the officer repliedOriginal 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