Gotz von Berlichinger had pair of iron hands made after he lost his right arm at Battle of Landshut.  Hands could be manipulated by his left hand and release mechanisms.

*- Approx 1000 B.C. Egypt

*-Approx 300 B.C. Capua, Italy

*- Approx 215 B.C. Rome, Italy

*- 1508 Germany