General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

field kit case

Patents

N/A

General Description

Thick, smooth dark brown leather; metal hardware; fabric straps inside case; paper label.

Dimensions

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

Length

20.0 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

12.2 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

Probably intended for use late 1918- 1945. This kit appears 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

Contains variety of items used to provide emergency medical treatment at scene of accident or injury.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"K" stamped into front edge of case cover; "L" stamped into leather portion of buckle mounting. Paper label fixed inside case lid reads "1 Zwirntuchiasche, darin 1 gerade Scheere, 1 anatomische Pinzette/ 1 Pressstück zu/ 10 keimfreien/ Mullstreifen/ zu 200 X 20 cm/ 3 keimfreie/ Verbandpäckchen/ Nadeln, Zwirn/ in 1 Lederiasche/ 1Rolle/ Zinkkautschukpflaster/ 5 m x 2,5 cm/ in 1 Pappschachtel/ Auf dem Boden unter den Gurtschlauten : 1 grosses dreieckiges Tuch/ Krankenträger, Linke Tasche". UHN catalogue no. "X969.173 G" printed by hand in white ink on underside of case. " J Frankfurt 8/ M." stamped into back of case, below leather band fixing lid to case.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Thick, smooth dark brown leather; metal hardware; fabric straps inside case; paper label.

Decoration

N/A