Private Collection
Colt Model 1911A1 .45 ACP serial number
754872 (ca. 1941) with matching numbered slide, WB inspector's mark on left
side of the frame and RS inspector's on the top of the frame near the disconnector.
Pistol is one of the earliest known WB inspected variations.
Colt Model 1911A1 .45 ACP serial number
754872 (ca. 1941) - Left side
Colt Model 1911A1 .45 ACP serial number
754872 (ca. 1941) -rear of slide showing matching serial
number located under firing pin stop.
Colt Model 1911A1 .45 ACP serial number
754872 (ca. 1941) - Close-up of WB inspector's mark
below slide stop hole. The initials of WB inside a Box for Colonel Waldemar S. Broberg,
Hartford/Springfield Ordnance District, Army Inspector of Ordnance: July 1,
1941 - June 16, 1942, signifying government
acceptance of the pistol. There is a P proof on the top of the
slide, in front of the rear sight and alto a P on the
left side of the frame near the magazine release button.
Colt Model 1911A1 .45 ACP serial number
754872 (ca. 1941) - The initials RS
inside a Box for Colonel
Robert Sears are
also stamped on the top of the receiver near the disconnector hole to indicate provisional inspection.
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