gas rattle
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19390002-838
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Uniman
- Date Made 1918
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom
- Category Tools and equipment for communication
- Sub-category Sound communication tools and equipment
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1918/01/01
- Latest 1918/12/31
- Inscription UNIMAN 1918; (broad arrow) 48 G
- Materials Wood, Metal
- Service Component British Army
- Measurements Height 17.7 cm, Length 28.8 cm, Width 5.6 cm
- Caption Gas Alarm Rattle
- Additional Information Gas alarm. A respirator was useless to a soldier without adequate warning. Soldiers on sentry duty, on guard against enemy attacks, were also expected to watch for signs of poison gas.