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ANTIQUE #SA1224447

Rare Arnold & Sons Ww1 Military Campaign Surgical Kit

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge

Here we have a rare surviving example of a Surgeon''s military campaign instrument kit, all housed in a mahogany and brass bound case with fitted interior and lift out tray housing multiple surgical instruments used for amputations, wound closure, brain surgery and airway management, all instruments and stamped for Arnold & Sons and also carry the War Office broad arrow mark, there is also a small lidded compartment containing sutures and gut. The box carries a brass cartouche on the lid reading ''Operating Instruments 1916'' and the Broad Military Arrow, the kit comes complete with it''s original Arnold & Sons protective tin with company stamp and broad arrow on the top, there are also some old Sotherby''s Auction labels attached.
 
This is a fine piece of history and one is housed in the National World War One museum.
 
Size: 45 x 18 x 9cm (closed)
 
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Antique SA1224447 shown on this page was made in 1900. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1900
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Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge
Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 01422 843189 or
07917 652471
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD