Original WWI U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service KLAXON - 10 Hand Cranked Gas Alarm - Fully Functional Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets There is some wear through

There is some wear through on the corners

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

for the time

The outer shell was repainted

Original WWI U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service KLAXON - 10 Hand Cranked Gas Alarm - Fully Functional Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets There is some wear throughOriginal 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