Japanese WWII Personal Decontamination Kit w/Bag-This decontamination package was intended to destroy liquid vesicants that may have come in contact with the soldier’s skin. There would be a small can of decontaminating agent, and a roll of absorbent cotton (not included) all held inside a well marked brown cloth bag with a drawstring. We have the bag and the can here, the cotton is not included. We looked up the ingredients of this powder, and the decontaminating agent has been identified as 17.8 percent sodium beta naphthalene sulfonchloramide and 82.2 percent clay. The active chlorine is 2.66 percent on the bone-dry basis. The active agent is apparently rather stable, as no corrosion is seen on the metal can. The decontamination process is accomplished by mixing the powder agent with water and applying the wet paste to the skin with the absorbent cotton. We do not recommend trying it though. The brown can is very well marked. It is made of metal with a screw top and measures 3.1 tall and 2.3 inches wide. There is some damage to the brown cloth carrying bag, there are a couple of small holes near the base. The print on the front of the bag reads “Virus Removal Kit” in kanji. The green drawstring is in place to close the small bag, this has a brown bakelite disc attached to it. This is a very cool addition to your Japanese collection.