My wife’s grandfather worked for the YMCA in the 1940s-1960s. When he retired they gave him, not a gold watch, but a brand new COLT .45 1911. Civilian model. I still have it.
28 posted on 02/14/2026 8:12:31 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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My wife’s grandfather worked for the YMCA in the 1940s-1960s. When he retired they gave him, not a gold watch, but a brand new COLT .45 1911. Civilian model. I still have it.
Awesome
29 posted on 02/14/2026 8:16:32 AM PST by T.B. Yoits