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Trench Art! Cool momentos of WWII! (reply)

Rob Leahy — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:05:42 +0000

Rick Gettlein has a couple of 1911's with photos under plexiglass, one has a matching carbine bayonet...

Saw one from a guy who had been stationed on Greenland (reply)

stonewalrus — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:38:14 +0000

Any time somebody crashed a plane the "locusts" would descend and scavenge things for their hobbies.

Shipboard knives. (reply)

JLF — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 14:58:15 +0000

What were called "shipboard" knives used different colored layers of plexiglass mixed in with leather and plastic for the handles. Generally not that well made, hardware and surplus stores used to have buckets full of them, your pick for $1.00. They're all but gone now, gathered up by collectors.

JLF

FS Kewl Grips. (reply)

Catoosa — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 14:46:59 +0000

The plexiglas from canopies of wrecked Japanese Zeroes and other aircraft was real popular material for "war art".

FS Kewl Grips.

JLF — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:12:38 +0000

These were very popular with GIs in WWII, especially in the pacific theatre, where salvage plexiglass was available on troop ships. They were cut thin enough to make room for a favorite picture of your girlfriend, Betty Grable, or your last Floozie-Suzy on shore leave. Kinda like nose art for your 1911-A1.:) These show their age, which is a good thing, but are not cracked, chipped, or otherwise damaged. $50 shipped, first e-mail wins.

Honest Arch