Two packs of compressed absorbent plain lint

Two packets of compressed absorbent plain lint. The lint is compressed into a small rectangle wrapped in paper, with a white paper label wrapped around the package with the maker's details printed in dark blue: 'Compressed absorbent plain (B.P.C.) LINT 1 ounce. / British Made by Greenhalgh's Pty. Ltd. 9 Phillip St., Sydney' On either end of the package, on the same label, is written 'Compressed Absorbent Plain (B.P.C.) Lint 1 ounce'.

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.