Knuckles, Brass

Object number2008.37.6

MediumIron

Credit LineGift of Gerald Price

DescriptionSet of iron knuckles. Four cut holes, fit over fingers of hand; larger rectangular cut hole below finger holes.Dimensions2.375 x 0.5 x 4 in. (6 x 1.3 x 10.2 cm)
Historical NotesBrass knuckles owned by donor Gerald Price's grandfather Peter Grillo, who claimed to use the iron knuckles as a means of defense against the Italian Mafia, which ran most of the Mon Valley during his time. Part of a collection of items related to donor Gerald Price's Italian-American family, one of the earliest to settle in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.

Previous owner Peter Grillo

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