Field Dressings

**roger9344** · 04-06-2011, 08:46 PM

I think the smaller one was retied with modern thread

The printing is faded to illegibility.
The large dressing is dated 1943.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 04-06-2011 08:46 PM

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**Canuck63** · 04-12-2011, 08:01 PM

I don't think the larger one was retied with modern thread!
Cheers
Manny

**JPhilip** · 04-15-2011, 11:52 PM

Hello,
From the picture, honestly i can't say if the thread is original or not on the smaller field dressing. Why not ?
A better and closer pic would be helpful.
Thanks

**qotd** · 04-15-2011, 11:55 PM

Both look good to me, I have a few of these. They have started refocusing these for reneactors, usually filled with cotton or tampons!

**qotd** · 04-16-2011, 12:01 AM

Here are a couple of mine for comparison, you can see the thread looks still quite good

**roger9344** · 04-16-2011, 12:45 AM

Here is a closer picture. The thread is just like some green nylon thread I have from US Army surplus, and the way it is tied is not like the originals I have seen. Looks like a modern replacement.
I'll be on the lookout for another.

**LondonJay** · 04-16-2011, 01:08 AM

Were all field dressings tied with thread?
Jay

**qotd** · 04-16-2011, 01:13 AM

As far as I am aware this type was tied with thread to keep the outer cloth on. Yours could be a modern repro, looks very rectangular, or it was unissued. I have seen modern ones similar to yours. You could bite the bullet and unwrap it!!!