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LicenseFalse right leg, military issue, English, 1914-1918
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False right leg, military issue, English, 1914-1918
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
False right leg, military issue, English, 1914-1918
Each of the 41,000 British servicemen who lost a limb during the First World War were entitled to a prosthetic replacement. Made from wood with leather strapping for the thigh, the leg can bend at the knee or be locked into a straight position. The person wearing the prosthetic limb would have needed support or crutches to move around.
Details
- Category:
- Orthopaedics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A653496
- Materials:
- frame, wood, fittings, canvas, fittings, leather and fittings, metal
- Measurements:
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overall (straight): 940 mm x 155 mm x 180 mm,
- type:
- artificial leg
