![](images/1911Navy_612j.jpg) Colt Model 1911 of U.S. Navy Serial Number 612 - This
pistol was part of the first Navy contract of 500 guns shipped to the U.S.
Navy, General Storekeeper, U.S. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 9, 1912.
![](images/1911Navy_612a.jpg) Pistol has early Colt in circle on the slide.
![](images/1911Navy_612c.jpg) The mark of Army Inspector of Ordnance Major Walter
G. Penfield. Penfield inspected these pistols from January 2,
1911 - September 30, 1914. Serial numbers of Model 1911 pistols
inspected 1 - 101500.
![](images/1911Navy_612d.jpg) Pistol has a later replaced magazine catch lock user
approximately from serial number 6000 to present.
![](images/1911Navy_612e.jpg) Close-up of serial number "No. 612" on forward right
side of the frame.
![](images/1911Navy_612g.jpg) "UNITED STATES PROPERTY" mark on the frame and early
patent dates terminating with date of Feb. 14, 1911.
![](images/1911Navy_612h.jpg) Pistol has incorrect later type magazine.
![](images/1911Navy_612i.jpg) In this serial number, range Frank Hosmer's
provisional inspection mark "H" should be horizontal and should be stamped
on the rear of the slide.
![](images/1911Navy_612k.jpg) This is the holster that accompanied this pistol.
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