Brass Knuckles

Transport Junior Member Posts: 61	Brass Knuckles Mar 1, 2009 2:48:01 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Transport on Mar 1, 2009 2:48:01 GMT -8 Ahoy! I was wondering if Brass knuckles were around during the time of the Great War, and if Doughboys would have had them with them on trench raids? Transport out

Wolfgang Moderator Posts: 288	Brass Knuckles Mar 1, 2009 21:30:57 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Wolfgang on Mar 1, 2009 21:30:57 GMT -8 Brass knuckles, certainly. Some toughs carried them in the American Civil War. The US Army had a brass knuckles-combat knife combo during WW1-- an illegal weapon now.
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