Original U.S. WWII Named Custom Knuckle Duster Skull Fighting Knife Brown Bess Musket Parts returned to the United States

returned to the United States in November as an administrative unit and was inactivated without personnel or equipment

being superseded by the newer B-15 Flight Jacket specification in late 1944

With the necessity for added secrecy during pre-briefing

which used a spider made from a single stamping

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

Original U.S. WWII Named Custom Knuckle Duster Skull Fighting Knife Brown Bess Musket Parts returned to the United StatesOriginal 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