Leather medical pack, Germany, 1915-1918
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.
Object number:
A652333
Related Themes and Topics
Glossary:
Glossary: first aid kit
A kit designed to give help to an injured person until proper medical treatment is available
Glossary: bandage
A strip of material such as gauze used to protect, immobilize, compress, or support a wound or injured body part