Police rattle?

[David68]

Just looking for your views on this rattle please. Could this possibly be a police rattle?

 

[ayedeeyew]

Standard WW2 era gas rattle, eg:

https://bananamafiamilitaria.co.uk/original-ww2-british-home-front---air-raid-precautions-arp-gas-rattle-mkii-1939-1704-p.asp

[David68]

Thats great. Nice to know its background. Only paid £25 for it and it will look nice in the background of my collection.

thanks for letting me know.

 

[1314]

Post  war they were very popular at football matches.( as more recently,were vuvuzelas).Times change !

[David68]

1 hour ago, 1314 said:

Post  war they were very popular at football matches.( as more recently,were vuvuzelas).Times change !

Give me a rattle over a vuvuzelas any day.