Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle Ammunition by troop train

by troop train

and the tunic even has the correct ((RZM)) tag in the inner pocket

A two battalion regiment

raised RZM emblem and maker marked GES

and the right side has the maker and address information:

Original British WWII Wood Air Raid Alarm / Gas Rattle Ammunition by troop trainOriginal 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