Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle - Maker marked and dated 1941 U.S. Flare Guns 38-inch overall length cavalry carbine

38-inch overall length cavalry carbine with saddle bar and two saddle rings has lock markings of the Birmingham England contractor C

It was also used for other types of liaison and transport duties and short-range reconnaissance which required airplanes that could land and take off in minimum distances from unprepared landing strips

This 22-inch barrel

he initially feared that he was blind because heavy bandages covered his eyes

Overall Length: 62 inches

Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle - Maker marked and dated 1941 U.S. Flare Guns 38-inch overall length cavalry carbineOriginal 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