[ an502 ] Historical Australian convict leg irons relics but nice

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Historical Australian convict leg irons relics but nice historical display item, these are from the Monarch Historical museum collection belonging to the then director Mr Monty Wedd OAM, come with their generic authenticity certificate I got when I purchased them. original description is below.

LEG IRON FOUND ON A SKELETON IN A CONVICT'S GRAVE. IRONS WERE NOT EVEN STRUCK OFF AFTER DEATH.

Item Size: Height: 20cm, Width: 20cm, Depth: 7cm

Condition: Good - Refer Images, Commensurate With Age

Provenance: DECEASED ESTATE OF MONTAGUE (MONTY) THOMAS ARCHIBALD WEDD (OAM) (1921 – 2012).

This lot is accompanied by a Certificate of Provenance signed by Warwick Wedd, son of Montague (Monty) Thomas Archibald Wedd (OAM).

Acclaimed artist, animator and author, Monty Wedd’s great passion for historic preservation culminated in the Monarch Historical Museum, established in 1960.

A returned serviceman, Monty Wedd served for both the Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force in World War II. He was widely regarded by his peers as being Australia’s foremost authority on pre-Federation military history. He was both a Fellow of the Australian Institute of History and Arts (FAIHA) and a Fellow of the Manly Historical Society (FMHS).

Monty Wedd was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) In 1993 for his “Services as an Author, Illustrator, and Historian”.