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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP -
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Contract Variations
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 Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number 549939 - blue
finish, checkered walnut grips, gun has been reblued at some point (as
found) and lacks
the U.S. PROPERTY mark on right side of the frame above the trigger area.
Punch-dot ordnance inspected on the upper left flat of the trigger guard is
present.Pistol was one of 320 sold to the United States Government and
shipped to the Property Officer, Supply Division, Office of Strategic
Services, Fowler Building, Rosslyn, Virginia on September 8, 1944.
Process on Colt Factory Order number 4420.
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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number 549939 -
right side. |
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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number 558028 - blue
finish, checkered walnut grips, marked U.S. PROPERTY on right side of the
frame above the trigger area and punch-dot ordnance inspected on the upper
left flat of the trigger guard. Pistol was one of 900 sold to the United
States Government and shipped to the Property Officer, Supply Division,
Office of Strategic Services, Fowler Building, Rosslyn, Virginia on
September 26, 1944. Process on Colt Factory Order number 4420.
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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number 558028 -
right side. |
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Model M .32 ACP serial number 559739, shipped in a
shipment of 320 pistols on September 8, 1944 to the Office of Strategic
Services (OSS), Fowler Building, Rosslyn, Virginia and issued to Capt. Maurice M.
LeBreton, U.S. Army, who served in the India, China, Burma Theater
in WWII. This pistol is accompanied by an unusual leather
shoulder holster with a finger cut-through that allow the pistol to be
fired from the holster.
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Shoulder holster for Model M serial number 559739 |
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Close-up of the front of the shoulder holster with Model M serial number
559739. |
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Back view of shoulder holster for Model M serial number 559739. |
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Close-up of the back of the shoulder holster with Model M serial number
559739. |
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Model M .32 serial number 560073 - Colt factory letter confirms
shipment to the Office of Strategic Services, Fowler Building,
Rosslyn, VA in 1944. |
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