⭕ Type: Field Gear

Service: SEA AND LAND

Clothing Type: SURGEONS UTENSILS

Country/ Organization: Germany

Era: 1914-1945

Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued

Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)

FOR YOU , HOPEFULLY ACQUIRE IS THIS EXTREMELY RARE GERMAN, LARGE MEDICAL SURGICAL AMPUTATION SET DATED 1915.

NUMBER MARKINGS ON ORIGINAL OAK CASE WITH STAINLESS STEEL CASE WITHIN, HOUSES THE FOUR TRAYS OF SURGICAL EQUIPMENT. USE EITHER ON LAND OR AT SEA. THIS IS A PORTABLE SET THAT WAS MAINLY USED FOR FIELD HOSPITALS AND SUITABLETO BE USED IN FIELD CONDITIONS, AT THE BATTLEFIELD.

THE FOUR INDIVIDUAL TRAYS EACH FIT INTO A METAL STERILIZING CONTAINER, THEN FITTING INTO THE STURDY OAK CASE WHICH IS REINFORCED WITH BRASS BRACES. THE OAK CASE HAS ITS ORIGINAL LOCKING KEY.

IN THE METAL CONTAINER ARE A VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTS FOR SURGICAL USE, THAT COULD BE USED FOR MULTIPLE USES SUCH AS AMPUTATION, BULLET REMOVAL, REPAIRS, RESPIRATION ETC. EACH UTENSIL IS NUMBERED AND FITS INTO THE RESPECTIVE TRAY THAT HAS NUMBERED DIAGRAM FOR EASY REPLACEMENT.

THIS IS A TOTALLY UNIQUE SET AND EXTREMELY RARE TO FIND IN SUCH ORIGINAL CONDITION. COLLECTABLE AND INDEED USEABLE TO SURGEONS OR COLLECTORS OF WW1 & WW2 MEMORABILIA. THE MAJORITY OF INSTRUMENTS ARE MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL, WITH SEVERAL SOLID SILVER ITEMS MARKED WITH THE GERMAN SILVER (CRESCENT & CROWN) HALLMARK AND/OR SILVER CONTENT LEVEL.

THE SET IS UNDERSTANDABLY HEAVY, WEIGHING NEARLY 20K. THE OAK CASE MEASURING 47cm X 29cm X 15cm. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WILL DISPATCH WORLDWIDE BUT ASK COST FIRST AS PRICES VARY CONSIDERABLY ON LOCALITY. UK IS QUITE ECONOMICAL AT £15.00

AS YOU WILL HAVE NOTICED THE SET IS MADE BY JETTER & SCHEERER, TUTTLINGEN, GERMANY, PERHAPS THE FOREMOST MAKER OF WARTIME MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE MAKERS MARK IS CLEARLY SEEN ON THE PLAQUE INSIDE THE OAK CASE AND ALSO ON THE LID OF THE METAL CASE. THERE ARE 89 PIECES WITH THE SET.

THE CONDITION, I WOULD SAY CONFIDENTLY , IS OF MUSEUM GRADE. THERE IS A SMALL CRACK ON THE LID AND LIKEWISE ON THE BASE, MINIMAL AND NOT AFFECTING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AT ALL AND IS CONSIDERED NORMAL FOR ITS AGE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 YEARS. THE ORIGINAL PATINA OF THE OAK CASE SHOWS ITS SUPERB CHARACTER. THE THREE HINGES ON THE OPENING LID AT REAR SHOW SOME MINOR DETERIORATION WHICH COULD EASILY BE REPAIRED/REPLACED.

SHOULD YOU BE A COLLECTOR , A CURRENT OR RETIRED SURGEON, A DOCTOR, WHATEVER, THIS IS A HIGHLY DESIRABLE ITEM THAT YOU I AM SURE, YOU DESERVE.