Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings
Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings, interior compartments, some with protective metal
Work Type
Therapeutics
Date
1910-1918
Location
Berlin
Material
canvas
fittings, iron
fittings, leather
fittings, tin
Measurements
overall: 220 mm x 360 mm x 420 mm,
Description
Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings, interior compartments, some with protective metal plates, contents include drug bottles, injection ampoules, dressings, bandages, splints, by Bach and Riedel, German, 1910-1918
The compact medical set was used during the First World War by the German Army. It contains a wide range of equipment needed to treat wounds such as burns and includes dressings, bandages, anaesthetics to numb pain, and sedatives such as opium. Each section of the kit is labelled in German " for example, mull translates to "muslin" or "gauze"; verbandpackchen to "field dressing".\n\nThis pannier was among large amounts of medical equipment and supplies abandoned by the German Army or captured as their troops retreated in the final months of the war.
The compact medical set was used during the First World War by the German Army. It contains a wide range of equipment needed to treat wounds such as burns and includes dressings, bandages, anaesthetics to numb pain, and sedatives such as opium. Each section of the kit is labelled in German " for example, mull translates to "muslin" or "gauze"; verbandpackchen to "field dressing".\n\nThis pannier was among large amounts of medical equipment and supplies abandoned by the German Army or captured as their troops retreated in the final months of the war.
