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Brass knuckle knife.
Weren't those popular in the first world war?Quote:
Originally Posted by frankderrico
Landers Fray and Clarke made them for WW1... This one sold at Cowan's auctions for $690USD.
The first Mark I trench knives were procured from a French manufacturer, Au Lion (Au Lion/Société Générale, France).[7] Subsequently, the U.S. government placed orders for 1,232,780 Mark I knives with several U.S. contractors, including Landers, Frary & Clark (L.F.&C.) of New Britain, Connecticut; Henry Disston & Sons (HD&S) of Philadelphia; and Oneida Community Limited (O.C.L.), with deliveries to commence in December 1918. Ordnance records note that the end of the war in November 1918 caused Ordnance to cancel all orders for the Mark I with the exception of a single reduced order for 119,424 knives from Landers, Frary & Clark Co. (L F & C). Despite this apparent cancellation, otherwise original U.S. Mark I trench knives have been found with HD&S and O.C.L. stamps, with grip handles cast in either bronze or aluminum.
There were several types, I also had this one:
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