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Vintage military-style M-5 steel medical chest, marked D28243, offered with a mixed assortment of vintage veterinary and medical instruments, supplies, bottles, packaging, and accessories.
The chest includes a removable interior tray and contains a variety of older items such as surgical scissors, forceps, tweezers, thermometers, syringes, veterinary/medical supplies, bottles, boxes, and related contents. Several instruments are marked with recognizable makers or origins including JorVet, Miller’s Forge USA, Wester Bros Germany, Imperial USA, Stainless USA, Germany, and others.
The contents appear to have been accumulated and used over time. Some items may date from different periods and manufacturers.
Important: This is being sold as an assembled vintage medical/veterinary collection. It is NOT represented as a complete, original, factory-issued, or military-issued M-5 medical kit, and the contents are NOT guaranteed to be original to the chest. No claim is made that all instruments, medications, bottles, packaging, or accessories were originally supplied together.
The steel chest shows age-related wear, scratches, finish loss, discoloration, surface oxidation, and general signs of long-term storage and use. The interior trays and compartments also show wear consistent with age.
The medical and veterinary items are sold strictly as vintage collectible/display items only. No medications, liquids, syringes, instruments, or other contents have been tested for safety, sterility, effectiveness, completeness, or medical use. Any old medications or chemical contents should be considered expired and are not intended for consumption, treatment, or practical medical use.
Please review all photos carefully for the exact contents, markings, condition, completeness, and cosmetic details. Only the items shown in the photographs are included.
Sold as found from an estate collection.
Condition
Used – Vintage / Estate Condition
Vintage M-5 steel chest and mixed veterinary/medical contents show visible age, wear, scratches, oxidation, discoloration, staining, residue, and storage wear. Instruments and accessories are from mixed manufacturers and periods. Contents have not been tested, sterilized, authenticated as an original military set, or verified for medical use.
This is NOT a complete original military medical kit and the contents are NOT guaranteed to be original to the chest. Sold as a vintage collectible/display lot only. Please see all photos for exact condition and contents.
