SOLD COLT 1908 GENERAL OFFICERS PISTOL OF MG MAURICE ROSE

IN 98% CONDTION WE HAVE THE COLT 1908 GENERAL OFFICERS PISTOL THAT WAS ISSUED TO MAJOR GENERAL MAURICE ROSE, WHO COMMANDED THE 3RD ARMORED DIVISION AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH IN COMBAT ON 30 MARCH, 1945. GENERAL ROSE WAS THE HIGHEST RANKING JEWISH AMERICAN OFFICER DURING WW2 AND WAS THE ONLY GENERAL IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATION TO BE KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE ENEMY. HAD HE NOT DIED IN COMBAT GENERAL ROSE WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN A HOUSEHOLD NAME TODAY AS HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST AGRESSIVE AND HIGHLY DECORATED COMMANDERS OF WW2. THIS PISTOL COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL GEN OFFICERS BELT AND HOLSTER AND AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH INCLUDING MANY FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS OF THE GENERAL AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS DEATH. THERE ARE GENERAL OFFICERS PISTOLS THEN THERE ARE EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLES THAT ARE PERSONALITY PIECES AND THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. GENERAL ROSE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST ARMORED COMMANDERS OF WW2 AND THIS PISTOL IS IN NEED OF ANOTHER CARETAKER.