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| Picture No | 10215387 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | German limbless soldier 1915 |
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A German soldier who lost both legs and arms in World War I, seen woodworking after being fitted with artificial limbs. With around one million amputees worldwide following the First World War, the demand for artificial limbs was high.
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| Source | Photograph in ‘The Illustrated London News’,16 October 1915, page 498 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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