Original U.S. WWII Custom Made Cast Brass Knuckle Dusters Discount and Free French navies

and Free French navies

which also shows the flowering 5-3 Flowering Paulownia crest

Year of Manufacture: 1843

and is spring loaded so it stays closed

The tulip headed ramrod with the enlarged shank is also still present

Original U.S. WWII Custom Made Cast Brass Knuckle Dusters Discount and Free French naviesOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. WWII set of Custom Made Brass Knuckle Dusters, used for close combat in the field. These were often cast aboard large ships, who necessarily had small foundries and metalworkers needed to effect repairs on the various parts of a ship. Compared to their usual work, making cast knuckles was relatively simple. The look of the surface texture suggests that they were sand cast, a