The best thing that was in the chest was the gas alarm. The reason i think this is because i think it was one of the most useful things in ww1 because it warned all the troops that there was gas coming so they could put their gas masks on and live. all the gas alarms were made out of wood and hand made. The gas alarm rattle was also referred to as "policeman's rattle" because they were similar to models used by civilian police. The first use of poison gas during the first world war took place at the second battle of ypres, the german army released large volume of chlorine gas.
Good information Kyle. I agree that it would be very important to have in the trenches in case of a gas attack. It was loud, and you wouldn't want to have to use something like a whistle or your voice in a gas attack. I found it interesting that because they were made of wood, the men sometimes burned them to keep warm. I guess the soldiers didn't think the alarms were as important as we do.
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