Original German WWII Mikroskopier-Ausrüstung Microscope Transit Case with Partial U.S. G.I. Send-Home Label to Silver Star Recipient m It measures approximately 13 1/4"W

It measures approximately 13 1/4"W x 9"D x 17"H

§ 8111 and 37 U

it landed at Anzio in Operation Shingle in January 1944

The interesting part of the scabbard is that the doughboy who carried it inscribed the back as a sort of “travel journal”

Original German WWII Mikroskopier-Ausrüstung Microscope Transit Case with Partial U.S. G.I. Send-Home Label to Silver Star Recipient m It measures approximately 13 1/4"WOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is an interesting transit case for a German field hospital microscope, which was sent home by American soldier Sydney Grace living on Commonwealth Avenue in a city in Massachusetts. The crate measures 8 x 9 x 18 and the handle has broken off but is still in the case. The crate interior retains the partially torn instruction sheet showing the maker as Ernst Leitz of Wetzlar. The lid of the crate is marked: Stets