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LicenseMedical pack, leather, with contents of tablets and bandage
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Medical pack, leather, with contents of tablets and bandage
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Medical pack, leather, with contents of tablets and bandage, German, 1915 to 1918
This leather first aid kit would have been attached to a belt and carried around the waist. It contains tablets and a bandage from a range of German military medical stores and would have been carried by a medic during the First World War. It is believed that the medical pack was captured from a German battleship by British forces.
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652333
- Materials:
- leather and fittings, iron
- Measurements:
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overall: 112 mm x 210 mm x 80 mm, .46kg
- type:
- first aid kit
