Hey all. First post. I've seen at least one other post about this before but there wasn't a ton of information so I'm asking myself. Sorry if this is posted a lot.
My grandfather recently passed away and I acquired one of his handguns. It was in a trunk with some of his old army things. He enlisted during the Korean War, however was stationed in Germany. This particular handgun says "M-1911-67 Autoloading pistol Caliver (that's not a typo) 45 US Army Model."
The bottom of the handle says "Japan".
The research I've done leads me to believe that this is either a non firing practice piece, or a knockoff. I haven't taken it anywhere yet but I plan to soon. My question is this. Would this be something Army issued as a practice weapon? Either to practice assembly and disassembly, or possibly a show piece? Or was this just something my grandfather acquired one day and stored it in this trunk and it has nothing to do with the time he spent in the Army?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all!
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