Lee Barner Collection
Colt Model 1911 serial number 143615 - One of 1000 pistols shipped to
Commanding Officer, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois on April 18,
1917. The mark of Army Inspector of Ordnance Major Gilbert H. Stewart.
Stewart inspected these pistols from September 30, 1914 - January 12, 1918.
Serial numbers of Model 1911 pistols inspected 101500 - 230000. |