gwalchmai Posted 3 December , 2017 Share Posted 3 December , 2017 Does anyone have any pictures and or sizes of the dressing/bandage packs kept in the field medical companion and field surgical haversack. They are described thus - Bandages, loose woven, compressed 3 in wide 12 Bandages, triangular, compressed 4 Bandages, loose woven, compressed, 3 in 12 Bandages, triangular Gauze, Double Cyanide, compressed, in 2 ½ yard packets 15 yards 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted 3 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2017 the pics were excellent, but as they are drawings I cannot make out the packaging and wording on the bandage items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 3 December , 2017 Share Posted 3 December , 2017 Might also be worth checking the Wellcome images library https://wellcomelibrary.org/search-the-catalogues/search-images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted 15 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 15 December , 2017 No joy there. Im waiting for some news from the army medic museum but it is astonishing that I cannot seem to find anything on the web :). Non British stuff yes, field and shell dressings yes, even double cyanide gauze but no joy with bog standard army bandages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 16 December , 2017 Share Posted 16 December , 2017 I used to have a field dressing in my desk filing cabinet but suspect that it was WW2.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sepoy Posted 17 December , 2017 Share Posted 17 December , 2017 On 12/16/2017 at 12:21, seaJane said: I used to have a field dressing in my desk filing cabinet but suspect that it was WW2.... I did not realise that working in a Library was so dangerous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 17 December , 2017 Share Posted 17 December , 2017 You'd be surprised... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted 18 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2017 Now it says the field companion is hide covered - which I assume disappears as the war gets going. But hide covered what? I have seen pics of ones that are canvas covered metal boxes and some that claim to be ww1 but are wicker covered with canvas - thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexflyer Posted 18 December , 2017 Share Posted 18 December , 2017 Trivia: Gamgee apparently inspired the name of the "Lord of the Rings" character... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted 23 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2017 Got those, but thank you for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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