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Description: | 1. PATENTED APR. 20. 1897 DEC. 22 1903
COLT'S PAT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD. CT. U.S.A.
2. COLT AUTOMATIC CALIBRE .32 RIMLESS SMOKELESS (n.b. see notes below)
3. COLT within rectangular border with rampant colt trademark
4. rampant colt on partially visible globe trademark
Carried for personal protection by Sir Hartley Shawcross, while acting as Chief Prosecutor for the United Kingdom at the Nuremberg trials.
pistol & 2 magazines
shorter final length of barrel. Fourth form of left slide inscription, second form of right slide inscription, second form of slide serrations (triangular), third form of slide lock safety, large hook extractor, rare third form of grips with 'Colt' in straight border and 'thin pony' rampant colt. London proof marks. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co, Hartford, CT, USA | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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