Safety pins in original paper envelope

Sealed brown paper envelope with small manufacturer's label on the upper front. The label is shaded green by a pattern of diagonal text: 'SIGMA COMPANY LIMITED / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA.' Written in dark blue on the label 'SAFTEY PINS / TROMAX LIMITED Manufacturing Division SIGMA CO. LTD., Melb.' The date '6 FEB 1945' is faintly stamped vertically over the right hand side of the label.

There is no known specific history associated with this item. It is typical of the items included in first aid kits issued to army and civil defence units during the Second World War.