WWII First Aid Pouch M1942 (B. B. S. CO. 1943”) NOS Unissued
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WWII Army First Aid Pouch Carrier M1942 (B. B. S. CO. 1943”) with a “CARLISLE DRESSING”. BOTH Absolutely Mint NOS Unissued!! The Carrier retains the printed “guide marks” for the factory seamstress! This is from the Brauer Brothers Shoe Company.Here is an UNTOUCHED, LARGER mid-war M1942 CARRIER in OD#3 Canvas Web (that was already being phased out in 1943 favor of the Dark Green OD#7) with a Blackened Brass “LIFT- THE-DOT”&n...bsp;Snap Closure and a Blackened BRASS M1910 Belt Hook.BRAUER BROTHERS SHOES was an established St. Louis shoe maker that was known for its line of women’s platform shoes known as “Paradise Shoes, ” known a bit later as their Paradise Kittens line. A bit of online looking led me to some old ads for Paradise, which showed that the brand was made by Brauer Brothers Manufacturing in St. Louis, Missouri. From there I fell down a rabbit hole of interesting information.Brauer Brothers has roots going back to the 19th century. The grandfathers of the founders, Arthur and Edward Brauer, were a saddlemaker and a shoe manufacturer. Brauer Brothers was established in 1898 as a maker of leather sporting goods. In 1919 the company started a division for making shoes for women and children.By 1938 the company was being run by Arthur Junior. In the 1940s and 50s Paradise shoes were designed by his wife, Jane Franklin Brauer.But tragedy struck in 1956 when Arthur and their daughter were killed in a plane crash. Jane remarried several years later and opened an antique store where all the profits were donated to charity. Interestingly, Jane died less than a month ago, on September 26, 2013.And a note for baseball fans, Stephen Brauer, Arthur and Jane’s son, is part owner of the St. Louis Cardinals.+++++Contents:“SMALL FIRST-AID / FIELD BROWN DRESSING / U.S. ARMY CARLISLE MODEL / STERILIZED / THE AMERICAN WHITE CROSS LABORATORIES, INC. / ACME COTTON PRODUCTS CO., INC. , N. Y. C.”- Foil-wrapped, inside two Waxed-cardboad SLEEVES. Unopened, Unissued MINT.- Often associated with the JUNGLE FIRST AID KITS, this larger Dressing and its larger M1942 Carrier were issued to all of the Services.- At the height of the war, 1943, BRASS, COPPER, CHROMIUM — even ALUMINUM — were declared “conserved metals, ” reserved for shell casings, munitions, electronic circuitry, and aircraft production. A ready inexpensive WATERPROOF substitute for the metal FIRST AID DRESSING Cases was foil-backed PAPER in WAXED CARDBOARD.
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