Pair of 'NHS NEWFIT' spectacles

Made:: 1946-1983 in United Kingdom

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Pair of 'NHS NEWFIT' spectacles
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Pair of 'NHS NEWFIT' spectacles, female style with 'flesh' coloured frame and cylindrical lenses, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1946-1983

Ladies spectacles: NHS "Flesh" frame with cylindrical lenses, 1946-1983

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1983-715

Materials:: plastic (unidentified) and nickel plated steel (metal)

Measurements:: overall (closed): 35 mm x 130 mm x 40 mm, .0251kg

type:: spectacles

credit:: Wigmore, V.

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Pair of 'NHS NEWFIT' spectacles

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