Original British WWI Wooden Gas Alarm Rattle For Use as Gas Alarm Only Madsen LMG Scabbard Length: 17" (part missing)

Scabbard Length: 17" (part missing)

The helmet comes with a set of GOGGLES SUN WIND AND DUST that are dated 1974

38 caliber in very good condition and ready to display

which was the intention

The RM-38 was approved for use in 1938 and entered production in 1939

Original British WWI Wooden Gas Alarm Rattle For Use as Gas Alarm Only Madsen LMG Scabbard Length: 17" (part missing)Original 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