Original British WWII Wood Gas Rattle with Makers Marking Dated 1944 Revolutionary War the few we tested were

the few we tested were

Most are marked:

After WWII of course everybody started using the beret

It was introduced in regular service in 1936

Original British WWII Wood Gas Rattle with Makers Marking Dated 1944 Revolutionary War the few we tested wereOriginal Item: Only One Available. In early 1945 after the German collapse at the Battle of the Bulge and being in full retreat from the Red Army in the east there was serious concern that AH in his final madness might resort to poison gas as a last ditch measure. The writing was on the wall for the NSDAP elite and frankly nobody felt there was any hope of them surrendering in any honorable fashion so all contingencies had to be allowed for. Gas Masks