Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle - Maker-Marked and Dated 1942 Schwarzlose MG with the American Eagle and

with the American Eagle and crossed cannons for artillery with a banner in it's beak stating:  E PLURIBUS UNUM

Harris Holland was born in 1806 in London

Scabbard Length: 6" + Belt Frog

center circle

which service both barrels

Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle - Maker-Marked and Dated 1942 Schwarzlose MG with the American Eagle andOriginal 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