Dressing, field

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OBJECT TYPE: military issue/field kit/German
DATE: 1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0929.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Germany

More Information

General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 5
AKA: field dressing bundle
Patents: N/A
General Description: Natural woven linen [?] wrapper secured by string; contents appear to be off-white and pink woven gauze rolls; possibly also off-white wool or cotton-wool batting.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 11.2 cm
Width: 5.2 cm
Height: 3.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Assembled for use by German forces during WW1, 1918 +. This bundle of dressings probably never used.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "Faden abstreifen", "Keimfrel" and "S.D. XVIII.A.K.1918" printed in black ink on wrapper. UHN catalogue no. "X969.177E" typewritten on off-white label sewn to wrapper.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Natural woven linen [?] wrapper secured by string; contents appear to be off-white and pink woven gauze rolls; possibly also off-white wool or cotton- wool batting.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Dressing, field, circa 1918, Artifact no. 2002.0929, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0929.003/

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