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    Quote Originally Posted by 82Trooper View Post
    I guess what I was really asking was if writing a name or battle locations and dates was "a thing" soldiers did, Has anyone seen this before?
    I had a Kragicon school gun that had obviously been a rifle before and it had names of ports and Chinese cities written inside the stock under the barrel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Nice. Very special and irreplaceable...
    Seeing the writing there did make my heart beat a little faster....for me, I don't care if it add's any monetary value to this piece. The value comes from holding this in my hand and wondering if some long forgotten dough boy (forgotten until now) carried this with him across no man's land.... they physical link to history is priceless.
    "Audacia....By daring deed"

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    Quote Originally Posted by 82Trooper View Post
    some long forgotten dough boy
    Then it came home in his duffle...
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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Then it came home in his duffle...
    Seems like a fair trade for what he and his comrades survived!
    "Audacia....By daring deed"

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    I have a few Colt Model 1917 and S&W Model 1917 revolvers that were parkerized and rebuilt for WW2 service, that also had inspectors stamps
    such as GHD and others.

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    What a unique piece of history, a true piece of American and WW1 history.

    I would say the grip inscription adds considerably to its value.

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