Original WWI U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service KLAXON - 10 Hand Cranked Gas Alarm - Fully Functional Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets The outer shell was repainted

The outer shell was repainted

and the rear one is broken off

and 58 French military personnel

representing Iron): Awarded to those wounded once or twice by hostile action (including air raids)

The result was the Gewehrpanzergranate 46 and later the still larger Gewehrpanzergranate 61

Original WWI U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service KLAXON - 10 Hand Cranked Gas Alarm - Fully Functional Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets The outer shell was repaintedOriginal item: Only One Available. Gas Warfare, now banned by International Treaty, was first introduced in WWI on the Western Front, and the results were devastating. Soon everyone was issued with a gas mask and was required to carry one at all times. Various types of "gas alarms", from simple wooden rattles to mechanical sirens were employed to help warn the soldiers that it was time to put the mask on. This is a great example of a U. S. WWI KLAXON