Shell dressing, 1918 (c)

Cotton packaged bandage with gauze pad, supplied by the Irish Red Cross, with printed label including directions for use, 1918 (c).

Shell dressings, larger than field dressings, were introduced in 1916 during World War One. The instructions for use on this dressing refer to treating individuals with head wounds, wearing respirators.

From a medical orderly's pack, World War One (1914-1918), 1918.