Original British WWI Trench Warfare Gas Rattle - Dated 1918 New Items In hardly used excellent condition

In hardly used excellent condition each helmet comes complete with liner and chin straps

an actual duck's foot

The trigger itself was located between dual spade grips

We do NOT clean the cans before shipment

the air-cooled M1919 was later developed as a medium machine gun

Original British WWI Trench Warfare Gas Rattle - Dated 1918 New Items In hardly used excellent conditionOriginal 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