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Description: | 1. NEW SERVICE 455 ELEY (small capitals)
2. COLT'S PT FA MFG CO HARTFORD CT USA PAT'D AUG 5 1884 JUNE 5 1900 JULY 4 1905
3. COLT
4. 65306 over R
5. Colt trademark
6. crossed pennants
7. broad arrow over crown over U4 over E
8. VP in triangle & 3
The rapid expansion of the British armed forces following the outbreak of the First World War meant that production of the standard Webley service revolver was unable to meet demand.
Orders were therefore placed abroad, chiefly in the USA. The largest single contractor was the Colt firearms company, who supplied almost 60,000 of their 'New Service' model, chambered for the British .455 inch cartridge.
This particular revolver was carried during the First World War by Captain G K H Hayter of the Royal Field Artillery.
.455 Colt New Service revolver
Master | 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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