First aid field case used by German Army during WWI

Made:: 1914-1918

First aid field case used by German Army during WWI

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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

Measurements:: height 255 mm
length 370 mm
depth 70 mm

type:: first aid kits

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Parts

3 blue paper packets

3 blue paper packets

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

Measurements:: length 58 mm
width 70 mm
depth 55 mm

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

Measurements:: length 50 mm
width 70 mm
depth 55 mm

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

Measurements:: length 50 mm
width 70 mm
depth 53 mm

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

Measurements:: length 73 mm
width 56 mm
depth 55 mm

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

Measurements:: length 283 mm
width 68 mm

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

Measurements:: max.: length 310 mm
max.: width 160 mm

Materials:: wood

Object Number:: A656288 Pt6

type:: splints