Before there was the C.I.A., the U.S. had the O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Services).
Offered here is a trench knife used by one of its units in the Philippines during World War II.
The combination of "brass (iron) knuckles" and a long knife blade should have been enough to intimidate and fatally wound an enemy. To really make it deadly they added a skull crusher at the end of the handle as well.
The blade is what draws a lot of attention because the U.S. recycled old 1873 trapdoor Springfield bayonets to make these trench knives. Rubber hoses created the handgrips. Truly a unique piece of history
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