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Description: | COLT AUTOMATIC CALIBRE 455
GOVERNMENT MODEL
broad arrow over crossed pennants
crossed pennants
crown over G2 over A
R.A.F.
Colt prancing horse trademark
PATENTED APR.20.1897.SEPT 9.1902 DEC.19, 1905.FEB.14,1911.AUG.19,1913 COLT'S PT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD. CT. U.S.A.
produced for the Royal Air Force, which adopted the Colt as a standard sidearm alongside the Webley revolver. 10,000 pistols to this specification were shipped between 22 January 1918 and 28 April 1919. These pistols were inspected in America by G.W.R. Stedman, assigned to Colt with effect from 1 April 1918
dull blue finish | 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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