COTTON, DRESSING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FIELD DRESSING
- Materials
- COTTON, NYLON
- Catalogue Number
- P19960037001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FIELD DRESSING
- Date
- 1942
- Materials
- COTTON, NYLON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3
- Length
- 10.5
- Width
- 8.5
- Description
- TWO PACKAGES OF COTTON GAUZE INSIDE KHAKI BROWN CANVAS POUCH. EACH PACKAGE OF GAUZE IS WHITE NYLON COVERING STITCHED WITH WHITE COTTON THREAD. SIDE OF PACKAGE HAS "FIRST FIELD DRESSING" ACROSS TOP WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE UNDERNEATH. ACROSS BOTTOM READS "DO NOT HANDLE THE GAUZE OR WOUND" AND "JOHNSON & JOHNSON LIMITED, MONTREAL, QUE." WITH "OCTOBER , 1942". SEWN TO TOP SEAM OF PACKAGING IS WAX PAPER PACKAGE WITH STEEL SAFETY PIN INSIDE. TWO PACKAGES ARE INSIDE CANVAS POUCH. POUCH HAS TRIANGULAR FOLD IN FLAP AT END. ON FRONT SIDE IS BLACK PRINTING "FIRST FIELD DRESSINGS" WITH INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. PRINTED ACROSS BOTTOM IS "JOHNSON & JOHNSON LIMITED, MONTREAL" AND "MADE IN CANADA OCTOBER 1942". STAMPED ON FLAP IN BLACK IS "C" WITH AN ARROW INSIDE. POUCH IS STAINED AND DIRTY.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- DRESSINGS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER. THEY ARE SECOND WORLD WAR ISSUE FOR CANADIAN FORCES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960037001
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-06
- Collection
- Museum
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