SOLD COLT 1911 US NAVY 1913 PRODUCTION ULTRA RARE AND STUNNING

IN 96% ORIGINAL CONDITION, 100% FACTORY ORIGINAL AS WELL, WE HAVE A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF THE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER COLT MODEL OF 1911 US NAVY.  THIS PISTOL WAS SHIPPED TO THE BROOKLYN NAVAL YARD ON AUGUST 8 1913.  PROVENANCE FROM THE FORMER OWNER TELLS THE STORY THAT THE PISTOL WAS ISSUED TO THE BATTLESHIP ARKANSAS AND SERVED ON BOARD THAT SHIP THROUGH BOTH WW1 AND WW2.  THE ARKANSAS, BB33 WAS AT THE INVASION OF NORMANDY AND SOUTHERN FRANCE AND THEN MOVED ONTO THE PACIFIC.  AFTER THE WAR THE SHIP WAS DEACTIVATED AND THE SMALL ARMS WERE REMOVED PRIOR TO THE USE OF THE SHIP IN THE BIKINI ISLAND A-BOMB TESTS IN 1946.  THE PISTOL WAS OBTAINED BY A SAILOR AT THE TIME AND PASSED THOUGH THE FMAILY WITH THIS STORY.  THESE PISTOLS IN ANY CONDITION SUCH AS THIS ARE AGRESSIVLY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS, AND THIS IS A RARE CHANCE TO GET ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING AND DEISRABLE REMAINING EXAMPLES.