Original U.S. WWI Wooden Gas Alarm Rattle marked H.P.I. British Militaria and only minor seam splitting

and only minor seam splitting has occurred near the top of the scabbard

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The crank handle still moves

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Original U.S. WWI Wooden Gas Alarm Rattle marked H.P.I. British Militaria and only minor seam splittingOriginal 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