WW1 Period British Pharmaceutical Home Front & Army Vaseline Tin

For sale is an original WW 1 Period British Pharmaceutical Home Front Collectable that dates from the 1914 to 1918. This period pharmaceutical collectable is an “Vaseline, Mark Petroleum Jelly, Chesebrough MFG CoCo New York packed in London England” tin and original contents. Measuring Height: 13 mm, Diameter: 48 mm, in this packaging and format was only produced during the years 1914-1918, another example can be seen Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.

 

During the First World War, Vaseline® Jelly brought relief to U.S. soldiers in the trenches by treating cuts and bruises, and to ease sunburn. Medical officers reported carrying tubes of Vaseline Jelly with them to treat minor cuts or burns on their patients. Vaseline Jelly was in such high demand that many young men would write home from the front asking their families to send more. It was even used as a bartering tool with British Soldiers. Vaseline Jelly became a staple in another World War (1943). The Surgeon General of the U.S. Military during World War II went as far as commissioning a sterile Vaseline Jelly coated gauze to send to the front. The gauze worked so well in safely helping heal soldiers’ wounds that the New York Times ran a story that saying that 75 serious burn victims had survived and recovered with the help of Vaseline Jelly.

 

This Vaseline tin is in good condition, which makes it perfect for a 1914 to 1918 British wartime home front and military Pharmaceutical and medical displays, reinactors and collectors! Tin is sealed shut, and a little surface rust is present so please see photos. This is guaranteed an original 1914-1918 British home front collectable! 

 

This will be sent via Royal Mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within 2 working days. This will be sent as a small parcel as it needs to be padded with extra protection to survive the post! Please check my eBay for more great British wartime home front collectables! Also happy to do deals on multiple orders!