Original British WWI Wooden Gas Alarm Rattle For Use as Gas Alarm Only Madsen LMG with rare split focus ranging

with rare split focus ranging grid in the right eye piece

which was the intention

All knives are great examples of WWII era fighting knives and all show signs of heavy use and wear

Scabbard Length: 17" (part missing)

38 caliber in very good condition and ready to display

Original British WWI Wooden Gas Alarm Rattle For Use as Gas Alarm Only Madsen LMG with rare split focus rangingOriginal 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