3 blue paper packets
3 blue paper packets, containing sterile bandages, instructions on side in German
First aid field case used by German Army during WWI
- Made:
- 1914-1918
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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
- type:
- first aid kits
Parts
Blue paper packet containing bandage
Blue paper packet containing bandage, instructions on side in German
Paper packet containing cotton wool
Paper packet containing cotton wool
Wad of cotton wool tied up with string
Wad of cotton wool tied up with string, wrapper missing
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
4 thin sheets of wood
4 thin sheets of wood, used whole broken up as splints
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