Erasmo Giordano and the 9x21mm

Last Sunday, September, 25th, at the Portuguese Shooting Federation 9mm Pistol 2011 Nationals, and shooting within the same Club team (a 3 persons team - along with another fellow Club member, Mário Dias), I was along Erasmo R. Giordano, the Italian inventor of the 9x21mm caliber - retired and living in Portugal. I took his time - always in a good mood - to get hold of an extended autograph on the book "Cartridges of the World", 11th Edition, rigth on "his own" 9x21mm page.

Chating with Erasmo R. Giordano, on the left,
about "Cartridges of The World"

Original, in Italian: "All'amico Pedro Mateus, da parte del "Papá"
e inventori del 9x21, con stima e simpatia. Erasmo R. Giordano. "

"To my friend Pedro Mateus, from the "Dad" and inventor of the 9x21,
with high regards and sympathy, Erasmo R. Giordano"

Me, holding the "Cartridges of the World" 11th Ed. , on the right,
and Erasmo R. Giordano, on the left