British Army issue Shell Dressing Dated 1958 Tin Housed in a black-painted steel

Housed in a black-painted steel scabbard

identifying wartime production by the famous Winchester Repeating Arms Company

The British Red Cross Society Medal was given to members of the British Red Cross and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses who volunteered for one year or 1

WWII military cartridge

The next generation chest seal dressing for open chest wounds

British Army issue Shell Dressing Dated 1958 Tin Housed in a black-painted steelAn unopened British Army issue Shell Dressing from 1958 It would have been issued to soldiers as part of their field medical kit and was designed to provide immediate treatment for wounds caused by shrapnel or other fragments. The fact that the dressing is unopened means that it has been preserved in its original state for over 65 years.