SOLD COLT OFFICIAL POLICE REVOLVER 5 INCH BARREL…WITH COLT LETTER…….SHIPPED SEPT, 1940 TO DUPONT FACTORY IN DELAWARE

IN 96% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY SCARCE E.I. DUPONT de NEMOURS & CO., WILMINGTON, DE  ORDERED COLT OFFICIAL POLICE, IT IS ONE OF 25 GUNS THAT WERE SHIPPED ON SEPT 10, 1940.  CLEARLY THIS WAS ORDERED TO BEEF UP PLANT SECURITY DUE TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE BUILD UP OF THE AMERICAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY.  DUPONT WAS CRITICAL TO THE WAR EFFORT, MAKING TONS OF AMMUNITION AND OTHER VITAL WAR SUPPLIES.  AS SUCH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PRIME TARGET OF SABOTEURS AND PLANT SECURITY WAS A VERY CRITICAL CONCERN. THIS IS A MUST HAVE COLT FOR ANYONE IN THE NEW JERSEY-DELAWARE AREA.