Survival Posted December 29, 2021 Share #1 Posted December 29, 2021 Thought I would add a topic for WW2 adhesive compresses. Generally military issue adhesive compresses were 1" x 3" in size and generally came in a box of 16. Feel free to add examples which is what I intend to do over time. If you have the original box they came in be sure to include that also to help in confirming the time frame they were issued. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share #2 Posted December 29, 2021 #1 Johnson & Johnson ZO Bandage, Gauze, Adhesive. Late war box. Probably about the most common version. #2 Bay Division. Parke Davis & Co. Late war box Bay's Readi-Bandage #3 Bauer & Black division of the Kendall Co. Late war box, Handi-Tape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted December 29, 2021 #4 Seamless Rubber Company Stickband Possibly early to mid war version #5 Seamless Rubber Company Stickband 1944 / 1945 Version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted December 30, 2021 Share #4 Posted December 30, 2021 The Pac-Kit Co. These came in a 1939 dated Engineer Corps 10 unit box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted December 30, 2021 Share #5 Posted December 30, 2021 MSA brand. Came in a late war 12 unit vehicle kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted December 30, 2021 Share #6 Posted December 30, 2021 Early 5 digit stock number J & J. interesting in that it's actually marked "Band-Aid". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted December 30, 2021 Share #7 Posted December 30, 2021 Late War Elizabeth Arden from a 24 unit vehicle kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted December 30, 2021 #1 Early War George Luft Company box with Johnson & Johnson Band Aids. Found in a 24 Unit Luft assembled vehicle first aid kit #2 Bays Readi-Bandages in an MSA Box. These are out of a 12 unit MSA jeep first aid kit. All the 12 unit MSA jeep kits I have seen have had the Bays brand band aids in MSA boxes like these. #3 Bauer & Black Handi-Tape bandaids similar to above in a Bauer & Black Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted December 30, 2021 #1 Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Tabloid Adhesive Compresses Commercial box found in an earlier war aeronautical first aid kit. #2 Handy Pad Ideal Adhesive Strips. These came from an earlier war vehicle first aid kit assembled by the Handy Pad Company #3 E D Bullard Co. adhesive compress. To my knowledge these were not a military contract. These came out of a WW2 commercial Merchant Marine Life Boat Kit assembled by the Bullard Co. One possible maybe is that in the very early war years the Bullard Co. apparently supplied cylindrical aluminum first aid kit for AAF Boeing B 17 bombers. These may have been included in those kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted December 30, 2021 Share #10 Posted December 30, 2021 I have a 23 unit US Coast Guard box that contains the Bullard brand 1x3 bandages. It's the only item made by Bullard in the box and it appears unmolested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted December 30, 2021 #1 Halperin Handy Adhesive Bandage. Halperin had contracts for medical supplies during WW2 but at this time I am not 100% sure this style of their bandage were used in kits. Reasonably sure this is WW2 era though. May have seen similar in a WW2 commercial life boat kit. #2 Industrial Drug Supplies Inc. Adhesive Compresses. Doubt these were ever a military contract. This came out of a WW2 Commercial Merchant Marine Life Boat kit. #3 These are generic post war adhesive compresses found in surplus 12 unit WW2 jeep first aid kits. Usually in a box of 10 rather then 16. These were assembled after WW2 by at least three companies. Stafford Labs, Handy Pad Co., and The Eveready First Aid Kit Co. They repurposed surplus 12 Unit Jeep Gas Causality First Aid Kits after the war with a mixture of military and commercial contents. Slapped a piece of green tape over the lid where it s printed "For Gas Causality's Only" and sold them commercially. For the beginning collector these can be easily mistaken as actually military issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted December 30, 2021 Davis Company Adhesive Absorbent Compress manufactured by the Johnson & Johnson Company. Probably another more common brand. Top left Military contract as its overprinted in red with stock number and that they are brown in color Top right. Should be military issue in a commercial box as this style is found in a number of earlier first aid kits assembled by the Davis Company Bottom left. I believe this is probably a pre war version as it has a patent date of 1924 and to me just looks pre war. Totally unconfirmed. Bottom right. Similar to the typical war time version but has a more paper like lighter covering. I personally thought of these as possibly post war but again that is only an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted December 30, 2021 #1 MSA Waterproof adhesive compresses. This style in commercial packaging was probably used in military contracts as the master carton is dated Oct 1941. Their stock # is FA-12415 #2 George Luft branded box but the Adhesive Compresses were manufactured by the MSA Company. Note the wrapper is more of a white colored paper version. Came out of another George Luft 24 unit vehicle kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc grunt Posted December 31, 2021 Share #14 Posted December 31, 2021 SIXTEEN 1" X 3", BANDAGE, GAUZE, ADHESIVE, ITEM NO. 9200100, JOHNSON & JOHNSON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc grunt Posted December 31, 2021 Share #15 Posted December 31, 2021 1 INCH ADHESIVE COMPRESS, A. E. HALPERIN CO., INC., BOSTON, MASS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc grunt Posted December 31, 2021 Share #16 Posted December 31, 2021 16-1 INCH, ADHESIVE ABSORBENT COMPRESSES, MANUFACTURED BY JOHNSON & JOHNSON, DISTRIBUTED ONLY BY DAVIS EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC., NEWARK, NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc grunt Posted December 31, 2021 Share #17 Posted December 31, 2021 UNIT NO. R-3-B, 1 in. ADHESIVE COMPRESSES, 16 per package. E.D. BULLARD CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Package of 13 of 16) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc grunt Posted December 31, 2021 Share #18 Posted December 31, 2021 16 - Sterilized, 1 Inch, Adhesive Bandage, UNIT NO. 100AC, Medical Supply Company, Rockford, Illinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc grunt Posted December 31, 2021 Share #19 Posted December 31, 2021 WATERPROOF ADHESIVE COMPRESSES, 16 Per Package, MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY, Pittsburgh. Penna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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