NBC protective inner gloves : HMAS Darwin

Place Middle East: Persian Gulf
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
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.

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