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John Holbrook Collection Colt Model 1911 of U.S. Navy Serial Number 6737 - This
pistol was part of the fifth Navy contract of 1000 guns shipped to the U.S.
Navy, General Storekeeper, U.S. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. on October 5, 1912.
![](images/1911navy_6737a.jpg) Pistol has early Colt in circle on the slide. 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. "UNITED STATES PROPERTY" mark on the frame and early
patent dates terminating with date of Feb. 14, 1911.
![](images/1911navy_6737c.jpg) Close-up of serial number "No. 6737" on forward right
side of the frame. |