Original WWI / WWII U.S. Gas Alert Trench Gong Alarm German Navy - Kreigsmarine American Defense and Good Conduct

American Defense and Good Conduct

and then reissued for WWII

Measures approximately 9 ½” x 10” x 10”

which looks to be a large circle surrounded by 8 smaller ones

Original WWI / WWII U.S. Gas Alert Trench Gong Alarm German Navy - Kreigsmarine American Defense and Good ConductOriginal 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