Original British WWI / WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle Spanish Militaria The inside liner is still

The inside liner is still present without the silk skull cap which is so often removed

[8] but it also transported NSDAP and SA officials

which can be seen in the photographs

In this engagement he was wounded and subsequently awarded the Military Cross For a later act of gallantry he was Mentioned in Despatches

with fuel nearly exhausted his crew were ordered to bail out

Original British WWI / WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle Spanish Militaria The inside liner is stillOriginal 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