NBC protective gloves : Commander I S Wheeler, HMAS Anzac

Place Middle East: Persian Gulf
Accession Number REL31449.004
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Personal Equipment
Physical description Rubber
Maker Comasec Yate Ltd
Place made United Kingdom
Date made 2002
Conflict Iraq, 2003-2013
Description

Pair of Australian military issue NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) protective outer rubber gloves. The black rubber gloves are moulded in one piece without seams, and have no linings. On the inside of each wrist are the following markings, printed in white 'COMASEC BUTYL PLUS MADE IN ENGLAND 11 CE0086'. The numbers '01017' and '53' are stamped in white inside the cuff of each glove.

History / Summary

Australian Military issue NBC rubber gloves, issued to Commander I S Wheeler RAN, Supply Officer of HMAS Anzac during the war on Iraq.