7100 USAF Hospital Wiesbaden, Germany “Flying Syringe” Stein

[Manchu Warrior]

I recently picked up this 7100 USAF Hospital Wiesbaden Germany Stein and the graphics are awesome. I have a small collection of military steins and this one is now my favorite.  

[unclegrumpy]

That's hilarious!   Edie is women's name...I wonder if it was a gift for a girlfriend or if Edie was a nurse or an enlisted med tech?

[aznation]

I like the cute graphics on that stein.  Pretty neat.  

[Edelweisse]

Nice stein

 

https://www.squadronposters.com/product/7100-combat-support-wing-wiesbaden-germany/?srsltid=AfmBOoqKM5YjkkBkT54BKYJu57JwrHwFLHrOlhBLmxJqGLfWj2yyc_yt

[Manchu Warrior]

3 hours ago, unclegrumpy said:

That's hilarious!   Edie is women's name...I wonder if it was a gift for a girlfriend or if Edie was a nurse or an enlisted med tech?

I appreciate you pointing out the correct name due to the fact that my old eyes were reading Eddie.  Thanks! 

[Manchu Warrior]

3 hours ago, aznation said:

I like the cute graphics on that stein.  Pretty neat.  

I appreciate the comments.  Thanks! 

2 hours ago, Edelweisse said:

Nice stein

 

https://www.squadronposters.com/product/7100-combat-support-wing-wiesbaden-germany/?srsltid=AfmBOoqKM5YjkkBkT54BKYJu57JwrHwFLHrOlhBLmxJqGLfWj2yyc_yt

The information is much appreciated.   Thanks! 

[unclegrumpy]

I thought Edelweisse's link was helpful....it puts this stein in exactly the date range one would expect, and it is nice when things coincide so nicely, because sometimes they don't. 

 

"On Oct. 14 1953, the hospital received the name 7100th USAF Hospital. July 1, 1958 became known as USAF Hospital Wiesbaden. "

[VNAMVET70]

Very comical and amusing stein. I too collect  steins from my visits to Southern Germany. My twin brother lives near Baden Baden.

[Manchu Warrior]

2 hours ago, unclegrumpy said:

I thought Edelweisse's link was helpful....it puts this stein in exactly the date range one would expect, and it is nice when things coincide so nicely, because sometimes they don't. 

 

"On Oct. 14 1953, the hospital received the name 7100th USAF Hospital. July 1, 1958 became known as USAF Hospital Wiesbaden. "

I appreciate you pointing that out to me.  Thanks! 

 

2 hours ago, VNAMVET70 said:

Very comical and amusing stein. I too collect  steins from my visits to Southern Germany. My twin brother lives near Baden Baden.

If they are military steins I would like to see them. 

[yokota57]

I like the Rooskie getting poked in the behind by the syringe.

[Manchu Warrior]

2 hours ago, yokota57 said:

I like the Rooskie getting poked in the behind by the syringe.

Honestly I am a little confused on that one. 

[Edelweisse]

Russian soldier getting poked by syringe 

 

I was working (DOD Civilian) at the US Consulate at Frankfurt am Main (“old” 97th General Hospital) from 2019-2022 and our support was at Wiesbaden.

[Edelweisse]

I just noticed that the Rhein Main buildings (on the stein) are actually the “old” 97th General Hospital which had red crosses painted on the roofs by the Germans in WW2 since the hospital was a Luftwaffe hospital during WW2 and the marble inside the buildings was a gift from Mussolini to GFMGoering.

 

During WW2, the Luftwaffe hospital cared for injured/wounded POWs and they kept the US POWs on the top floor, France, English on the lower floors.  Just in case it was bombed.

 

Rhein Main was an Air Base “Gateway to Europe”….Berlin Airlift 

 

[Edelweisse]

I love the beer stein.

I have mine for my time when I was working for the US Army from 1980-90 in various bases in Germany 

[unclegrumpy]

14 hours ago, Manchu Warrior said:

Honestly I am a little confused on that one. 

 

I think the humor references the tension at the time that the Russians might invade.  That threat was far greater than people realize or think about now.  That was reenforced by the Russians invading Hungary in 1956 and later Czechoslovakia in 1968....and the Berlin Wall going up in 1961.

 

This stein is from about 1956, and I think syringe F-86 and F-84 are inflicting some pain on that Russian...all rather hilarious, because no doubt the joke was that the 7100th USAF Hospital techs had the reputation that they had inflicted a lot of "pain" on our own guys...but were willing to do their part spreading that "joy" in the event of a communist invasion.

 

There is a lot going on with this stein...it is really an exceptional one.

[VNAMVET70]

18 hours ago, Manchu Warrior said:

I appreciate you pointing that out to me.  Thanks! 

 

If they are military steins I would like to see them. 

I have a dozen steins. Here is the most military stein from WW1: 6th Battery of 2nd Bavarian Artillery Regiment of the fortification of Germershein. Germershein is a town in Southern Germany which has lots of long tunnels to the Rhine River. During the war these were used to bring replenishments or ammunition in.

 

Some of the writing translated by my german- born sister-in-law says:                                                                                                                      "The sound of Cannons is Our Welcome"  

In the middle of the stein: "When the Mortars Thunder We Strive in Earnest

                                                                               and 

                                                   " We View the Clouds of Victory in the Morning"

 

On the side are the words:  "In Memory of My Time of Service" and "Whether By Foot or by Horse or Behind the Cannon"

 

The lid is made from a mortar round with a dial in mils. At the bottom of the stein, inside is a lithopane of the General and his lady . 

The seller said his best friend acquired the stein in Germany during WW2, and gave it to him as a gift. The entire stein is hand painted and in some places(beards) with a one-hair paint brush. He said he was getting out of the antique business and was selling everything. At the time he was about 75 yrs old, and this was about 30 years ago.  I also bought from him  the WW2 cigar humidor that was in the U.S.S. Sacramento battle ship, Captain's quarters. It looks a bit like a night stand with a copper lining. His shop looked like a museum with excentric collectibles everywhere in a big building.  

[Manchu Warrior]

On 9/11/2025 at 12:08 AM, Edelweisse said:

I love the beer stein.

I have mine for my time when I was working for the US Army from 1980-90 in various bases in Germany 

I appreciate all the info as well as your comment.  Thanks! 

 

On 9/11/2025 at 10:50 AM, unclegrumpy said:

 

I think the humor references the tension at the time that the Russians might invade.  That threat was far greater than people realize or think about now.  That was reenforced by the Russians invading Hungary in 1956 and later Czechoslovakia in 1968....and the Berlin Wall going up in 1961.

 

This stein is from about 1956, and I think syringe F-86 and F-84 are inflicting some pain on that Russian...all rather hilarious, because no doubt the joke was that the 7100th USAF Hospital techs had the reputation that they had inflicted a lot of "pain" on our own guys...but were willing to do their part spreading that "joy" in the event of a communist invasion.

 

There is a lot going on with this stein...it is really an exceptional one.

They are using the syringes as weapons on the stein. With that fact poking a Russian with the syringe does in fact make sense. I appreciate you pointing that out.    Thanks! 

[Manchu Warrior]

Nice German military steins. I had one in my collection that I purchased years ago. I sold it at the flea market a few years back for less than half of what I paid for it because it turned out to be a reproduction. A friend of mine pointed out why it was a reproduction. Such as it was an infantry unit stein with an artillery piece on top. The handle also had a bump in the middle of the handle as does my more modern USAF stein, see photo.  Unlike your original early steins that don’t have them. He pointed out a couple of other features that proved it was a reproduction but I don’t recall what they were. I appreciate you showing them.   Thanks!