Original U.S. WWII Custom Made Cast Iron Knuckle Dusters Caps & Hats Year of Manufacture: mid-late 1864

Year of Manufacture: mid-late 1864

and the phrase Viva el Ré

this was a sleeve device that upon deployment released the main chute slowly to reduce the threat of shredding from windblast

or V-E Day in the US

Original U.S. WWII Custom Made Cast Iron Knuckle Dusters Caps & Hats Year of Manufacture: mid-late 1864Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. WWII set of Cast Iron 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 very old