Rectangular leather pouch with leather straps to fasten
- Made:
- 1917 in Frankfurt am Main
Rectangular leather pouch with leather straps to fasten, contains first aid equipment, probably carried by front line stretcher bearers, made by Ludwig Hirschfeld, Frankfurt-am Main, used by German Army during 1st World War, German, 1917
This leather pouch contains first aid equipment – bandages, dressing and medicines. Made by a Frankfurt-based company, Ludwig Hirschfeld, Frankfurt-am Main, the kit was probably carried by stretcher bearers who had had some level of medical training, in the German Army during the First World War.
Stretcher-bearers on both sides had a dangerous role, collecting and delivering the wounded to medical aid post while often under fire. For those wounded, the attention they got from the bearers in this first encounter could greatly influence their survival chances.
Details
- Category:
- Emergency Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656263
- Materials:
- leather and brass, ? material
- type:
- medicine pouches
Parts
10 glass ampoules in rctangular cardboard box
10 glass ampoules in rctangular cardboard box, containing clear liquid
Newspaper containing white powder
Crumpled up newspaper containing white powder
- Object Number:
- A656263 pt7
- type:
- newspaper
