Not a rifle, but from the era. The backstory: My mom's uncle was a Seabee during WWII. He was married, but had no kids. Whenever we went to visit, I would always show interest in his stories from the Pacific. After he died, his wife gave me some of his memorabilia from the war. I recently reacquired some of these after my ex "found" them in her attic, despite disavowing all knowledge of their whereabouts after we split. I'm super excited to have them back in my possession and will be doing my best to clean and restore them. The only info that I have on the items is from the stories that my great uncle had told me as a child, if any of you have any info to add, please do.
1st - Knife made from plane parts. Handle is from plexiglass windscreen, tip of handle was made from propeller part.
2nd - A model of a P-38 Lightning made from .50 and .30 caliber casings. The base of the ashtray is from a large naval round?
3rd - A Japanese hand thrown bomb (so the story went?). All parts have Japanese markings on them.
Anyone have anything similar? I know that these were made specific for my great uncle, as the knife handle has his initials embedded in it. No chance of ever selling this stuff, as it will have a place of honor in my house.
1st - Knife made from plane parts. Handle is from plexiglass windscreen, tip of handle was made from propeller part.
2nd - A model of a P-38 Lightning made from .50 and .30 caliber casings. The base of the ashtray is from a large naval round?
3rd - A Japanese hand thrown bomb (so the story went?). All parts have Japanese markings on them.
Anyone have anything similar? I know that these were made specific for my great uncle, as the knife handle has his initials embedded in it. No chance of ever selling this stuff, as it will have a place of honor in my house.
