First Aid kit used by pilots in the First World War, Germany, 1910-1914

Made:
1910-1918 in Hamburg
maker:
Friedrich Günther and Company
Field medical pannier, for use of aviators: canvas, reinfored Field 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
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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

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First Aid kit used by pilots in the First World War, Germany, 1910-1914

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

Materials:
canvas , fittings, iron and leather
Object Number:
A652170 Pt4
type:
first aid kit