Tourniquets of WWII
(Tourniquets – WW1 + WW2 period – the parts illustrated are from the collection of Alain Batens)
From L to R and horizontally: 1 X Blunt Scissors + 1 X Blunt Forceps and 1 X U.S. Army Tourniquet (Unit No.108-C, Davis Emergency Equipment Co. Inc., Newark, New Jersey, component of Motor Vehicle First Aid Kit), 1 X Set, Tourniquet, Forceps and Scissors (Item #93797, 1942, Handy Pad Supply Co., Worcester, Mass., component of Motor Vehicle First Aid Kit), 1 X Tourniquet, Field (w/Padded Black Anchor Canvas Buckle, Olive Drab, Gustave Altman Co., New York, N.Y., component of Individual First Aid Kit), 1 X Tourniquet, Field (w/Padded Black Anchor Canvas Buckle, Tan/Khaki, Gustave Altman Co., New York, N.Y., component of Individual First Aid Kit), 1 X Tourniquet, Braided Line – Spanish Windlass Type (Stock Item No. 2-1304, Guyot Bros. Co. Inc., Attleboro, Mass., U.S. Navy medical item), 1 X Tourniquet, Field (1st pattern type, 1938, w/Steel Buckle w/2 Prongs, White Elasticated Cotton), 1 X Tourniquet, Field (1st pattern type, 1917, w/Steel Buckle w/3 Prongs, White Elasticated Cotton, Joseph Adamson & Co.), 1 X Tourniquet, Field (2nd pattern, w/Padded Chromed Steel Buckle, Guyot Bros. Co. Inc., Attleboro, Mass.), 1 X Tourniquet, Field (2nd pattern, W/Padded Black Steel Buckle, Breslee Mfg. Corp., New York, N.Y.), 1 X Tourniquet, Field (2nd pattern, w/Padded Galvanized Steel Buckle, Kops Bros. Inc., New York, N.Y.), 1 X Tourniquet, Field (2nd pattern, w/Padded Black Steel Buckle, Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Inc., New York, N.Y.)