Bottle : aspirin tablets

Small brown glass bottle with red metal screwlid. The manufacturers label on the front of the bottle reads: 'TABLETS ASPIRIN Gr. 5 TROMAX LIMITED Manufacturing Division SIGMA CO. LTD. Melb.' in red print, with a red border. The label is shaded green by a pattern of diagonal text: 'SIGMA COMPANY LIMITED / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA'. The bottle contains small white circular tablets.

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.