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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP - British Lend-Lease

Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number 564821 - one of the British Lend Lease guns shipped to England during WWII.  Gun is pictured with original box (numbered to the gun), cleaning rod and instruction sheet.

Pistol has British Proofmarks on the slide, frame and barrel (through the ejection port).  Gun is parkerized and U.S. Property marked since it was originally part of the Army contract for these pistols.  Many of these guns letter to the Port of Embarkation or the British Purchasing Commission, New York.

Close-up of British Proofmarks and U.S. Property mark.

 

Bottom of original box showing matching serial number.

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