First aid field case used by German Army during WWI

Canvas and leather first aid field case containing bandages

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Canvas and leather first aid field case containing bandages
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Canvas and leather first aid field case containing bandages, dressings and splints, used by German Army in 1st World War, German, 1914-1918

Details

Category:
Emergency Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656288
Materials:
canvas, leather and iron
type:
first aid kits

Parts

3 blue paper packets

3 blue paper packets

3 blue paper packets, containing sterile bandages, instructions on side in German

Materials:
paper and cambric
Object Number:
A656288 Pt1
type:
bandages
Blue paper packet containing bandage

Blue paper packet containing bandage

Blue paper packet containing bandage, instructions on side in German

Materials:
paper and cambric
Object Number:
A656288 Pt2
type:
bandages
Paper packet containing cotton wool

Paper packet containing cotton wool

Paper packet containing cotton wool

Materials:
paper and cotton
Object Number:
A656288 Pt3
type:
cotton wool
Wad of cotton wool tied up with string

Wad of cotton wool tied up with string

Wad of cotton wool tied up with string, wrapper missing

Materials:
cotton and string
Object Number:
A656288 Pt4
type:
cotton wool
2 rectangular pieces of wood which fit together to form a long splint

2 rectangular pieces of wood which fit together to form a long splint

2 rectangular pieces of wood which fit together to form a long splint, metal collors at joints

Materials:
wood and tin
Object Number:
A656288 Pt5
type:
splints
4 thin sheets of wood

4 thin sheets of wood

4 thin sheets of wood, used whole broken up as splints

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A656288 Pt6
type:
splints