Original WWI U.S. Gas Alert Trench Gong Alarm Brown Bess Brandywine

Brandywine

15th December 1917: Leutnant (RDA 1st July 1916)

and in intact carrying ring

probably somewhat copying the German 1841 Dreyse Needle fire Rifle

Field guns were too cumbersome and often too heavy to manoeuvre satisfactorily

Original WWI U.S. Gas Alert Trench Gong Alarm Brown Bess BrandywineOriginal 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. With all the noise in the trenches, this gong style system was adopted to alert soldiers in the trenches of an impending attack. These gongs had a totally unique sound, and were quite jarring. They were