First Aid kit used by pilots in the First World War, Germany, 1910-1914
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LicenseField medical pannier, for use of aviators: canvas, reinfored
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Field medical pannier, for use of aviators: canvas, reinfored
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Field medical pannier, for use of aviators: canvas, reinfored, with leather and metal fittings, contents are burn dressings, by Friedrich Gunther and Co., Hamburg, 1910 - 1918
Produced for the German air force, the kit would have been carried by airmen for the treatment of burns and other injuries during the First World War, The canvas pannier was easy to carry and contains several different types of dressings plus instructions for their use. The kit was made by Fredrich Gunter & Co, based in Hamburg.
Of the many warring nations engaged in the conflict, the German air force was the only one to offer parachutes to its aircrews.
Details
- Category:
- Emergency Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652170
- Materials:
- canvas, fittings, iron and leather
- type:
- first aid kit
Parts
6 packets of dressings
6 packets of dressings, canvas wrapping, German, From 18th Army Corps, 1917
2 packets of burn dressings
2 packets of burn dressings, Bardella, in protective tissue, cardboard box, by Bruno Schindt of Bremen, 1910 - 1918
First Aid kit used by pilots in the First World War, Germany, 1910-1914
Case for field medical pannier, for use of aviators, by Friedrich Gunther and Co., Hamburg, 1910 - 1918
Leaflet from field medical pannier
Leaflet from field medical pannier, by Friedrich Gunther and Co., Hamburg, 1910 - 1918
- Materials:
- incomplete and paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- A652170 Pt5
- type:
- first aid kit
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
