Inventarnummer
201209.08.2
Titel
A First Field Dressing from February 1943
Beschreibung
An unopened First Field Dressing from February 1943. It is made from brown linen, with instructions inked in black inside a black box. The instructions read 'FIRST FIELD DRESSING. TO OPEN: Outer Cover: Break thread holding flap. Inner Waterproof Cover: tear apart at the uncemented corner where indicated by the arrow. CONTENTS: Two Dressings in Waterproof Covers, each consisting of a gauze pad stitched to a bandage and a safety pin. DIRECTIONS FOR USE. Take the folded ends of the bandage in each hand, and keeping the bandage taut, apply the gauze pad to the wound and fix the bandage. One dressing to be used for each bandage. In the case of head wounds when respirators have to be worn, care should be taken to adjust the pad so that it does not interfere with the fit of the facepiece. DO NOT HANDLE THE GAUZE OR WOUND. Beneath the instructions are the words 'ARTHUR BERTON, Ltd., London. February 1943'.
Datum
1943 - 1945
Entstehungszeitraum
World War Two
Material
Format
- Length: dressing packet 110 mm
- Width: dressing packet 100 mm
- Depth: dressing packet 24 mm