Original U.S. WWII Custom Made Cast Iron Knuckle Dusters - Overpainted U.S. Marines USMC The blade on this example

The blade on this example is relatively heavy

2 front sight

The captain feared that the Japanese flotilla would continue on to California

It does look like it was lacquered in the past to protect it

In September of 1944

Original U.S. WWII Custom Made Cast Iron Knuckle Dusters - Overpainted U.S. Marines USMC The blade on this exampleOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. WWII set of Custom Made 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