Historical information

Francis Metternick - served in Merchant Navy WW2 - British or Australian ??

Physical description

1. Gauze bandage - white cotton, Dark Blue Paper wrap.
2. Pressure bandage - cotton twill - cream.
3. Container for Iodine - black plastic, brown screw top glass tube - attached to brown screw top.
4. Glass bottle with brown stopper containing liquid.
5. Glass syringes and i measurement pipette & 4 solid tapered glass tubes.
6. Dressings - 2 cotton, pink in blue labelled paper wrap,

Inscriptions & markings

3.B Hax Iodine, Tincture British Pharmacopoeia Hack, 72 Red Lion Street, London, WC1.
4. Ammoniated Tincture/Quinine. Prepared in Accordance with the British Pharmacopoeia. Dose from half to one teaspoonful in a wine glass & water, Boots, Nottingham.
6. Boric Lint, Antiseptic dressing for surgical purposes. Australian Herbal stores, 10 Bath Street, Jersey C1.