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kit, first aid

Catalog Number
2003.114.5
Description
Brown, metal container, rectangular in shape, sealed (never opened).  The front is stamped "First Aid Packet-U.S. Army, Contract Nov. 2-1916, Bauer & Black...".
There is a round, metal ring that is used to open the first aid kit.  It has never been opened.
History
Items in 2003.114 belonged to World War One veteran Herman Prins. Herman was born in Holland, MI in 1888 to Peter and Elizabeth Prins. He was a life long resident of Holland, a member of the Fourteenth Street Christian Reformed Church and former employee at Chris-Craft.

The donor, Roger Prins, is Herman's nephew.
Gift of
Prins, Roger