sweetheart grip

See also: Sweetheart Grip

English

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Noun

sweetheart grip (plural sweetheart grips)

  1. A custom, transparent handgun grip panel, primarily used by American servicemen during World War II, with a photograph of a loved one placed underneath.
    • 2015 February 12, Michelle Cerino, “Sweetheart Grips, A Love Story?”, in Womens Outdoor Magazine‎[1], archived from the original on 20 September 2025:
      Where can you find these historical sweetheart grips? […] This French Unique 25 auto (1920–1930) ... does show the spread of the sweetheart grip outside the war. The elderly man who sold the gun said it was his wife in the photos.
    • 2018 May 29, Wortham, Reavis Z., Hawke’s War‎[2]:
      I waved him back and drew my Colt, the .45’s Sweetheart Grip smooth in my hand.
    • 2020 May 26, Wortham, Reavis Z., Hawke’s Fury‎[3], page 30:
      Asia stopped looking at the photo in the Sweetheart Grip my ol’ granddaddy made during World War II.
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