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1st Aid @ The Bottle Dump Today - 5/20/2010 3:46:49 PM    swizzle Posts: 3583 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: online Would you open it? Swiz Post #: 1

RE: 1st Aid @ The Bottle Dump Today - 5/20/2010 4:05:19 PM    Poison_Us   Posts: 2801 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline If it looks like it would damage it, then probably not.  Though, there is the thought that the contents might me just as interesting as the container....I know, that would eat at ya every time you looked at it. But if you could find away to loosen it up by gently removing corrosion and dirt, then give it a shot.  Is it hinged or compression fit? _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 2

RE: 1st Aid @ The Bottle Dump Today - 5/20/2010 4:08:56 PM    surfaceone Posts: 5756 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline Hey Swiz, I'd consider it if there was some tantilizing rattling going on. When shaken, of course, not stirred... With my fumble fingers, opening would most likely result in the disintegration of the kit. Great gubmint speak on the instructions! < Message edited by surfaceone -- 5/20/2010 4:09:31 PM > (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 3

RE: 1st Aid @ The Bottle Dump Today - 5/20/2010 4:11:18 PM    swizzle Posts: 3583 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: online The top and bottom both have the same edge that sticks out and then there's a metal piece with a channel that fits over top of both edges to hold it together. Its nothing pretty inside the first one so far. The gauze is still there and the wrapping around the whole thing looks like burnt, wet newspaper. You touch it and it disintegrates. It looks like it was one big long bandage at one time. I didn't see any other contents. The second container is going to be tougher. It looks like the same type of can but its sealed and corroded. The top one was obviously partially open. Swiz (in reply to Poison_Us) Post #: 4

RE: 1st Aid @ The Bottle Dump Today - 5/21/2010 1:29:17 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Very cool and interesting find!!! _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 5

RE: 1st Aid @ The Bottle Dump Today - 5/22/2010 12:18:38 AM    CMPharmD   Posts: 41 Joined: 4/20/2010 From: Gainesville, FL Status: offline http://www.flickr.com/photos/crosem/4039859511/in/set-72157618275839796/ Looks like a WWII first aid packet. I bought mine at a gun show in florida a year ago... mine is closed and i dont want to open it, but im dying to see the contents! inside is gauze, and in some, an antibiotic called sulfonilamde. Here's some info: http://www.olive-drab.com/od_medical_kits_ww2_ifak_carlisle.php < Message edited by CMPharmD -- 5/22/2010 12:22:45 AM > (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 6

RE: 1st Aid @ The Bottle Dump Today - 5/22/2010 7:52:00 AM    swizzle Posts: 3583 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: online Those were some pretty cool links. It's always nice to see more about something you dug. I figured they had to be fairly common since most if not all of the thousands and thousands of troops would have to carry one. In all honesty do you think I should just toss them out? I'm sure there's a ton of these safely tucked away and in much better condition in people's attics. They were cool to find but I'm not sure if I want to display them or if I can even sell them. Swiz (in reply to CMPharmD) Post #: 7

RE: 1st Aid @ The Bottle Dump Today - 5/22/2010 8:39:13 AM    mr.fred Posts: 2344 Joined: 4/11/2009 Status: offline Swiz!-----I'll bet our military has a warehouse full of them somewhere that they have forgotten about------they are noted for that--------Fred. _____________________________ Ah! Yesterday when i was young!!. (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 8

RE: 1st Aid @ The Bottle Dump Today - 5/23/2010 8:27:32 AM    swizzle Posts: 3583 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: online I haven't seen any in my army surplus books yet. Maybe in next months issue. Swiz (in reply to mr.fred) Post #: 9

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