Carlisle First Aid Packet.

The Carlisle First Aid Packet model was the name of a little metal box ( too made of waxed carton, plastic,paper...)  ,took its name in 1920  from a place in Pennsilvania where was working the  “Medical Department Equipment Laboratory” in  the Carlisle Barracks Military Reservation .Used in both great wars the rectangulars boxes were painted using an Olive Drab #7 color shade and designed to ensure the sterility of the bandage contained within.Starting numbers of the new containers were produced by the Medical Equipment Laboratory without any indication of the supplier’s name,later contract was signed with two suppliers :Bauer & Black, Division of the Kendall Co., Chicago, Illinois + Handy Pad Supply Co., Worcester, Massachusetts ( later more than 20).Finishing 1942 were done more than 2 million units,During the war the Medical department change some times the designs to configure the product to get finally the bandages together with the very first Sulfanilamide Shaker Envelopes later tablets.A pouch was neccesary to carry on   , some different models were used during WWII from the initial M1910 to others like M1924 or M1942 made in USA or other countries like UK.
Price today: 30 US dollars (including pouch)