Padded leg splints

Made:
1914-1918 in Rome
Padded leg splints, boot type, probably Italian military issue

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Padded leg splints, boot type, probably Italian military issue
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Padded leg splints, boot type, probably Italian military issue, by Laboratorio Volontario pro Feriti, Via Uffici del Vicario 49, Palazzo Centurione, Rome, 1914-1918.

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A653148
Materials:
canvas and leather
Measurements:
length 285 mm
width 108 mm
height 298 mm
type:
splints

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