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Here's a war-vet you don't see every day...
Celebrating its 100th birthday this year is my newly-acquired WWI officer's trench whistle!
Manufactured by the famous Joseph Hudson Whistle Company, this nickel-plated brass whistle was given to me by a gentleman on the other side of the country, who wanted it to go to someone who would appreciate it
This whistle required a LOT of cleaning of its interior before it would blow properly! It now sounds exactly like it did in 1915, when...unfortunately...its chreeping sound sent men over the top...
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I should make it clear. This is a REAL WWI trench whistle. NOT a reproduction.
Yes, there is actually a company online which produces faithful reproduction whistles, which in every aspect look identical to the originals, in various levels of shininess or aged appearances.
According to this website (warwhistles.com or something, I think it's called), their whistles are designed in such a way as to make them distinguishable from antique whistles - although how isn't specified on their website. But they do say that their whistles are manufactured using the same antique whistle-making machines, to achieve near-identical results.
Celebrating its 100th birthday this year is my newly-acquired WWI officer's trench whistle!
Manufactured by the famous Joseph Hudson Whistle Company, this nickel-plated brass whistle was given to me by a gentleman on the other side of the country, who wanted it to go to someone who would appreciate it
This whistle required a LOT of cleaning of its interior before it would blow properly! It now sounds exactly like it did in 1915, when...unfortunately...its chreeping sound sent men over the top...
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I should make it clear. This is a REAL WWI trench whistle. NOT a reproduction.
Yes, there is actually a company online which produces faithful reproduction whistles, which in every aspect look identical to the originals, in various levels of shininess or aged appearances.
According to this website (warwhistles.com or something, I think it's called), their whistles are designed in such a way as to make them distinguishable from antique whistles - although how isn't specified on their website. But they do say that their whistles are manufactured using the same antique whistle-making machines, to achieve near-identical results.
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