WW1 British tourniquette

[Schelberg]

Is this one original ?
any help would be appreciated.
thanks in advance

[Schelberg]

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[peter monahan]

Whatever it is, it looks to be in unissued/unused condition, so probably not WWI or WWII. If it is military, as it looks to be, and authentic, it should have a stamp on it somewhere.

[Seigfried]

It is very similar to the more recent CAT tourniquet (Combat Applied Touniquet). It is tightened by twisting the wooden peg before securing the peg in position. The only Army tourniquet that I have ever seen apart from the CAT (and an older cloth tourniquet in a tin box with complicated screw device) is the Samway Anchor - a red rubber tube with chromed 'anchor' protruding from one end to secure the tubing when applied.

However, all that said I still think that this is original - although obv unused - and it would HAVE to be disposable/one use only.

[ROBB]

Agreed it looks brand new ! , most everything military issue Brit was marked somewhere , Rob

[kalamees]

I had a similar but smaller tourniquet in an RAF bomber first aid bag, it looks right. Nigel

[peter monahan]

Well, oopps! Obviously, as someone pointed out, a tourniquet would be a 'use once' item. My bad. I was really wondering if it were that old where it had been all this time, not to get dusty/dirty, etc, but I guess that's a separate question.