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, plaster and splints, used by German Army during 1st World War, German, 1914-1918

Details

Category:
Emergency Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656293
Materials:
canvas, leather and iron
type:
first aid kits

Parts

4 blue packets containing 3 bandages

4 blue packets containing 3 bandages

4 blue packets containing 3 bandages

Materials:
cotton and paper
Object Number:
A656293 Pt1
type:
bandages
Beige paper packet containing 5 strips of cotton wool

Beige paper packet containing 5 strips of cotton wool

Beige paper packet containing 5 strips of cotton wool

Materials:
paper and cotton
Object Number:
A656293 Pt2
type:
cotton wool
Zinc sticking plaster on a tin roll dispenser

Zinc sticking plaster on a tin roll dispenser

Zinc sticking plaster on a tin roll dispenser

Materials:
plaster and tin
Object Number:
A656293 Pt3
type:
plasters
4 rectangular plywood splints 3 with metal collars to fit into one long splint

4 rectangular plywood splints 3 with metal collars to fit into one long splint

4 rectangular plywood splints 3 with metal collars to fit into one long splint

Materials:
wood and metal
Object Number:
A656293 Pt4
type:
splints
2 rectangular sheets of wood for use whole or broken up

2 rectangular sheets of wood for use whole or broken up

2 rectangular sheets of wood for use whole or broken up, as splints

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A656293 Pt5
type:
splints