WW1 or WW2 Gas Rattle
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as you've stated, i've heard of that being used to alert the trench line of a gas attack. yelling, whistles, horns and bagpipes are a bit of a b1tch from behind a mask 
....not that I could attest to first hand.... WW1 i believe....nice find....is it as loud as he11 when you spin it?
....not that I could attest to first hand.... WW1 i believe....nice find....is it as loud as he11 when you spin it?
Very, very cool piece of Candian history!
Jos. Pilon Ltee. is what is stamped in the wood... "Joseph Pilon Limited" and made in Quebec the founders of the present day Pal Lumber chain.
http://www.pal.ca/historique.aspx?id=1008
Jos. Pilon Ltee. is what is stamped in the wood... "Joseph Pilon Limited" and made in Quebec the founders of the present day Pal Lumber chain.
http://www.pal.ca/historique.aspx?id=1008
$40 bucks at the last Ancaster Gun Show, Ontario.
Thank you Sir.
One day when I have time,
allot of time,
I will post my Battlefield pickups from Western Europe.
Mostly WW1 with a few WW2 items.
A brick from the Hitler's Berghof, Obersalzberg Germany
I fell and scrapped my @ss off finding this.
How many of you guys have a keen eye?
Nobody asked what was in the background of those gas rattle pics.
Actually I just noticed myself.
WW2
Wireless 19 Set MK III
RCA Victor
I have one complete set-up with all the accessories (except High Power Amplifier unit, 100 watts , wow) including antennas.
I am also a Ham Radio Nutz.
I did a Mini DXpedition to Vimy Ridge.
1st Canadian Ham to do it.
Radio Amateurs of Canada or the Govt of Canada have no record of any other Canadian Ham doing this.
I setup at the Canadian trench lines and transmitted last September.
Not with the Wireless 19 Set, I used a Icom 706.
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Our last military use of the No 19 set was for "National Survival" communications. They came as a kit which included a generator for static use. These were made up in the late 1950s during which time the Militia was given the "snakes and ladders" task for re-entry operations into urban centers after a nuclear strike. Thankfully this never happened, but one consequence was to re-focus the Militia away from conventional operations. This had a great demoralizing effect and caused the Militia to wander in the wilderness for want of a mission for quite a few years.
The National Survival contingency was once a very pressing imperative which caused quite an outlay of funds on the various "Diefenbunkers", etc. As a young officer I once had the secondary duty of manning a one man NUDET (nuclear detonation) reporting post/bunker located in the downwind nuclear fallout pattern east of Toronto. This was an elaborate little gopher hole equipped with radiation monitoring equipment, water, hard rations, communications, and a pistol and ammunition for which I was the sole keyholder. My task was to monitor the radiation levels following a nuclear strike on Toronto and keep NDHQ posted on their changing intensities. Kind of ironic for a prairie boy with a life-long aversion to the place. One side benefit was sizing up the various secretaries to select the most capable one
to assist with "clerical duties".I still can't type worth sh@t.
Note the Russian lettering on the No19 set. The reason for this was that we supplied quite a few of these to the Russians as war aid. No doubt they once had the same English/Russian/Chinese "Inglis Decal" on them that was applied to the Cdn Inglis Brownings and BRENs and a variety of other war production.
The National Survival contingency was once a very pressing imperative which caused quite an outlay of funds on the various "Diefenbunkers", etc. As a young officer I once had the secondary duty of manning a one man NUDET (nuclear detonation) reporting post/bunker located in the downwind nuclear fallout pattern east of Toronto. This was an elaborate little gopher hole equipped with radiation monitoring equipment, water, hard rations, communications, and a pistol and ammunition for which I was the sole keyholder. My task was to monitor the radiation levels following a nuclear strike on Toronto and keep NDHQ posted on their changing intensities. Kind of ironic for a prairie boy with a life-long aversion to the place. One side benefit was sizing up the various secretaries to select the most capable one
to assist with "clerical duties".I still can't type worth sh@t.Note the Russian lettering on the No19 set. The reason for this was that we supplied quite a few of these to the Russians as war aid. No doubt they once had the same English/Russian/Chinese "Inglis Decal" on them that was applied to the Cdn Inglis Brownings and BRENs and a variety of other war production.
I think you paid a very fair price for the rattle. I have one nearly identical. I put on a little Rememberance Day talk with show and tell goodies for a local high school a couple of years back. While I was discussing the purpose of the gas rattle, I noticed one of the young ladies had nodded off. Of course, it was necessary to demonstrate the way the rattle was used and the noise of it nearly launched her through the roof. Good times, good times.
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- Tucson, Arizona
Well yes, they are loud! have one, and it scares the heck out of the dog!
I believe they were also used for air raid warnings in the U.K.
I believe they were also used for air raid warnings in the U.K.
Gas Rattler
Scared the Sheet out of the neighbours.
Waitin for the Cops to show up
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That sir is the most fun $40 could ever buy you
....In my position I would be scaring the bjeezus out of, well, just about everything and everybody in the neighborhood for years....fun wow! 
gas rattle
I wondered why all the dogs & cats around here started howling today
Peter
(just down the road from noisy Gigarman)
I wondered why all the dogs & cats around here started howling today
Peter
(just down the road from noisy Gigarman)
Gas Rattler
Scared the Sheet out of the neighbours.
Waitin for the Cops to show up
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