Place | Middle East: Persian Gulf |
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Accession Number | REL31425.007 |
Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Personal Equipment |
Physical description | Cotton |
Maker |
James North & Sons Ltd |
Place made | United Kingdom |
Date made | c 1990s |
Conflict |
Iraq, 2003-2013 |
NBC protective inner gloves : HMAS Darwin
Description
Pair of Australian military issue NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) protective inner gloves. The unbleached cotton gloves have seams around each finger, as well as a circular seam around the thumb. Printed inside each wrist are the following markings in black '8415-99-975-7916 9-91/2 JAMES NORTH AND SONS 6850018/19'. The gloves are pinned together at the wrist with a plastic clip, and stored with a pair of rubber outer gloves (REL31425.006) inside the top flap of the green canvas respirator case (REL31425.004).
History / Summary
Issued to a crewmember aboard HMAS Darwin during the war on Iraq, 2003.