WWII Beretta war trophy - interesting pics

Armybrat · November 15, 2011, 08:38 PM

This was posted on a sportsboard by another fellow who gave me permission to post it on gunboards:

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I have a Beretta that my grandfather carried in WWII. He got it off a dead Italian officer, took the grips off, fashioned new ones out of plexiglas, and put pictures of my grandmother underneath them.

He never met my grandmother in person before the war. A family member of his worked with her mother and she was encouraged to write him. Despite having never met, they knew that they would spend the rest of their lives together by the end of the war. They were together 60 years until she passed away.

skywag · November 15, 2011, 09:14 PM

Great story! Thanks for that.

Best......

Stressfire · November 16, 2011, 08:33 AM

Awesome story to that and, beauty being in the eye of the beholder, great looking weapon to boot.

Dino. · November 16, 2011, 08:53 AM

Apparently, the plexiglass grips with photos of girlfriends/wives were a very popular thing during that period.
I think it's a great idea but it sorta makes me wonder where they got the plexiglass and the tools to make them.

Also makes me wonder if solders still do this today.

Jim Watson · November 16, 2011, 09:12 AM

The usual story is that the Plexiglas came from the cockpit canopies of shot down aircraft. Either theirs or one of ours that just barely made it back and was scrapped.

November 16, 2011, 08:33 AM	#3
Stressfire Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,497	Awesome story to that and, beauty being in the eye of the beholder, great looking weapon to boot. __________________ "The best diplomat I know is a fully charged phaser bank" - Montgomery Scott

November 15, 2011, 09:14 PM	#2
skywag Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2011 Posts: 254	Great story! Thanks for that. Best......

November 16, 2011, 08:53 AM	#4
Dino. Junior member Join Date: November 2, 2006 Posts: 908	Apparently, the plexiglass grips with photos of girlfriends/wives were a very popular thing during that period. I think it's a great idea but it sorta makes me wonder where they got the plexiglass and the tools to make them. Also makes me wonder if solders still do this today.

November 16, 2011, 09:12 AM	#5
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,547	The usual story is that the Plexiglas came from the cockpit canopies of shot down aircraft. Either theirs or one of ours that just barely made it back and was scrapped.