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, 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

Measurements:: height 245 mm
width 370 mm
depth 80 mm

type:: first aid kits

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Parts

4 blue packets containing 3 bandages

4 blue packets containing 3 bandages

4 blue packets containing 3 bandages

Measurements:: length 50 mm
width 70 mm
depth 54 mm

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

Measurements:: length 60 mm
width 70 mm
depth 50 mm

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

Measurements:: diameter 46 mm
height 27 mm

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

Measurements:: length 287 mm
width 74 mm

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

Measurements:: length 310 mm
width 210 mm

Materials:: wood

Object Number:: A656293 Pt5

type:: splints