Original British Victorian Era London Police Wooden Alarm Rattle Marked to Public Office at #14 Bow Street Antique Wheellock Firearms Thiel & Söhne in the

Thiel & Söhne in the northern port city of Lübeck manufactured it

often mistakenly called 'War Tubas

As part Task Group 68

but it was machined with a narrow waist

This is one of our very nice collector grade original WWII issue MG34 display machine guns

Original British Victorian Era London Police Wooden Alarm Rattle Marked to Public Office at #14 Bow Street Antique Wheellock Firearms Thiel & Söhne in theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a typical example of a British Victorian era Police wooden "Alarm Rattle", used along with the police whistle to raise the alarm and summon other officers. Later many of these were used in both WWI and WWII to alert an oncoming air raid. It still retains the original oval marking plate on the rattle, which reads: PUBLIC OFFICE 14 BOW ST Known as the "Bow Streetrunners", this office was first established in