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WWII 1942 Boy Scouts J&J First Aid Kit Tin Box with Contents & 50 cent Handbook

$ 73.91

Availability: 18 in stock
  • Item: Boy Scouts of America First Aid Kit Tin W/ Content
  • Condition: Used
  • Year made: 1942
  • Includes: 1st edition 1942 handbook

    Description

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    How cool is this attic find from 1942. WWII Boy Scouts Johnson & Johnson Official Boy Scouts of America First Aid Kit Tin Box with Contents & Official 1st edition 50 cents 1942 Boy Scout Handbook (book is rough from decades of storage as the back section pages are chalky - see pics). Can you imagine how much every Boy Scout wanted a First Aid Kit just like the WWII soldiers carried. The handbook has so many WWII support illustrations with be prepared for the future war references. It also has an incredible Norman Rockwell illustration cover with his name in the lower left corner.
    Cover art is by Norman Rockwell, from a 1939 Brown & Bigelow Scout calendar painting "The Scouting Trail," featuring a Cub Scout, Boy Scout with pack (and red neckerchief), and Sea Scout against a green background.
    The First Aid Kit includes:
    Great tin litho metal box that still has its clasp
    2 packs of J&J steripads
    1 pack of Picric Acid gauze pad
    1 box of unused 10 yards of 1" bandages from Red Cross by J&J
    1 box of unused 10 yards of 2" bandages from Red Cross by J&J
    1 pair of vintage gauze scissors
    1 box and bottle of Mercurochrome (antiseptic to prevent infection)
    1 full bottle of Halazone Tablets (to purify contaminated water)
    The
    Boy Scouts of America
    (
    BSA
    ) is the largest Scouting organization in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910 and, since then, more than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922
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