Hi Guys!

After many (many!) years of collecting first aid pouches and bandage tins I'm still fighting in this deep jungle. The fine link "History and Developement of Carlisle Bandage" in my opinion is far to be clear and complete.

The red tins? I have them with "sulfa" markings on backside and without markings. As you correctly say, some with "sulfa" on the back are avoided of traces of previous O.D. painting. I can just guess (still in my humble opinion) that, yes, at one time old O.D. without sulfa were recalled, sulfa added, and red painting put on O.D. original colour. And - maybe - for some limited time also the new sulfa filled (and so marked on the back) were painted red. Then the red paint was discontinued and all makers turned again to the old O.D. colour with clear sulfa markings on the back. Could this make sense in your opinion?

Not to speak about the paper wrapped first aid kits...Another jungle, maybe deeper than that of the tins... We have laminated paper without waxed box, we have laminated paper contained in waxed box, we have cardboard ones with cellophane wrapping and God knows what else...Do you agree?

Fausto

I agree with you. Most of what you just listed are shown in the photos I posted.

Great discussion on this. It looks like with these tins, as with many military items, there are grey areas and exceptions to the rules. Thanks for all the info.

 

 

Sammy T.