Original WWI British Western Front Trench Wooden Gas Attack Warning Rattle- Dated 1915 Sterling SMG below the waist

below the waist

This is the fuselage skin just in front of the windscreen

Plus 50 rounds of

Ball in an S

especially in that it was impossible to tell whether the rifle was loaded or not once the bolt was closed

Original WWI British Western Front Trench Wooden Gas Attack Warning Rattle- Dated 1915 Sterling SMG below the waistOriginal Item: Only One Available. Commonly known as a Gas Rattle this is a hand cranked wood framed instrument consisting of two star shaped tumblers and two tensioned wood slats that, when cranked, make the most awful ear splitting noise. Traditionally hated by all who hear it, the purpose was to get one's attention as quickly as possible and this sound became the universal signal on the Western Front to warn of an incoming gas attack. Hopefully