Description: This listing is for a reproduction of a now extremely rare US Military first aid dressing.This is the first "individual "First aid dressing" Second pattern contracted for by the US Army in late 1898. The direct predecessor to the Carlisle bandage of World War I. Over 150,000 of these dressings where delivered from the Johnson & Johnson,Company to the US Army cantonments and occupation forces in Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico,Guam, Samoa, Hawaii and the Mexican border. Additional contracts where made with other manufactures but this is the primary contractor. The dressing "First Help for wounds" made by Johnson & Johnson,Co. was based directly on the existing British Army First Field Dressing as issued to HM forces in South Africa and British colonies. The reproduction does not contain a sterile bandage or a triangular illustrated Erlanger sling(block of wood or kleenex) but is otherwise made to exacting size specifications as per the contract specifics original examples and is intended for display or living history use and is not a sterile first aid bandage. The full initial contract for bandages was delivered to the US Army and apparently most if not all where issued as intended to troops during the Spanish American War and to US Forces in the Philippines.These bandages where liberally used however ,also wrapped to standards of the then current civilian market of the period and did not hold up well to the damp conditions encountered in Cuba and the Philippines. Johnson & Johnson who held large Army contracts responded to reports from the Army that the First contract bandages did not hold up well to tropical conditions. The company introduced this improved pattern to fill existing and new contract that was improved by making it smaller ( removal of superfluous gauze )and more convenient to carry with a much superior treated paper wrapper that was water resistant . The bandage was a success in combat and later contracts specified a more substantial treated wrapper. These heavy wrapped bandages where used through the introduction of the Brass cased Carlisle bandage until supplies where exhausted.
Price: 11.99 USD
Location: New Bern, North Carolina
End Time: 2025-01-16T15:42:16.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.36 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Theme: Militaria
Time Period Manufactured: Spanish-Amer War (1898-1902)
