Original U.S. WWII Named Custom Knuckle Duster Skull Fighting Knife Brown Bess Musket Parts With the necessity for added

With the necessity for added secrecy during pre-briefing

Sailing aboard the SS Louis Pasteur from New York on 16 July

There appears to be an ancient Armorer’s Mark of "EH" to the rear collar of the helmet beneath the plume holder on the left hand side

which used a spider made from a single stamping

The shape of the grip is greatly influenced by the style of the Ottoman Empire

Original U.S. WWII Named Custom Knuckle Duster Skull Fighting Knife Brown Bess Musket Parts With the necessity for addedOriginal Item: One of a kind. This appears to have started life as a 1918 trench knife which was reworked to be a custom knuckle duster knife using a composite grip with has an impressed name JOHN LUCAS on one side. The center of the grip bears a carved bone skull. The entire grip and steel knuckle duster was painted back where as the blade was deeply blued. A custom leather sheath was produced and also painted or stained back at some point. Overall