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

with some damage on the bottom

Massachusetts on 6 December 1941

Oklahoma to prepare for overseas deployment

The 303d Bombardment Group was activated in February 1942 as a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber group at Pendleton Field

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