A WW1 MEDICAL INTEREST PROSTHETIC LEG
A WW1 MEDICAL INTEREST PROSTHETIC LEG,
early 20th century, leather and metal prosthetic articulated lower leg,
40cm high
Over 1.65 million men in the British Army were wounded during the First World War. Of these, around 240,000 British soldiers, suffered total or partial leg or arm amputations as a result of war wounds. Most of these men were fitted with artificial limbs.
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A WW1 MEDICAL INTEREST PROSTHETIC LEG,
early 20th century, leather and metal prosthetic articulated lower leg,
40cm high
Over 1.65 million men in the British Army were wounded during the First World War. Of these, around 240,000 British soldiers, suffered total or partial leg or arm amputations as a result of war wounds. Most of these men were fitted with artificial limbs.