#COLT MODEL 1911 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#

The right side of the receiver has the correct sans serif вЂњNo 378,419вЂќ all of which are still very crisply stamped. This stamp was double stamped at the time of inspection.

Also on the left side of the receiver, just above the magazine catch hole, is the correct Ordnance Department final inspection eagle, Type 1, with the вЂњS11вЂќ stamp underneath. The left side of the receiver has the still crisply stamped, вЂњUNITED STATES PROPERTYвЂќ stamp in sans serif type that is. Therefore, it is likely that this pistol, as a new Colt Model 1911, was sent to France approximately three and one half months prior to the end of WWI. It is entirely reasonable to presume, however, that all of Colt's 1911 production from the spring of 1918 until the Armistice on Novemwas shipped as soon as was practicable from Colt's factory to the AEF in France since General Pershing and the rest of the Allies thought the war would continue well into 1919 until the Imperial German Army suddenly and desperately sought armistice talks when the political situation in Germany began to collapse in early November. There are no records available to indicate when the pistols arrived in France or to which units these pistols were issued.

#COLT MODEL 1911 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#

The second shipment was on July 30, 1918, and comprised 2,500 pistols from serial number 375970 to 394636.

The first shipment was on July 27, 1918, and comprised 10,000 pistols from serial number 374462 to 392635. The serial number on this Colt is 378,4XX which places the production of this pistol in the summer of 1918 as part of the ArmyвЂ™s last 1918 Colt 1911 contract of 319,746 pistols.ДЄccording to Colt shipment records, this Colt 1911 was in one of three shipments sent in July 1918 to the American Expeditionary Force Ordnance Officer at Bush Terminal in Brooklyn, New York for shipment to the AEF in France.

This is a rare WWI Colt Model 1911 Pistol from 1918 with the earlier version Colt Model 1911 Slide.

Colt model 1911 serial numbers