SOLD COLT 1911A1 APRIL 1941 BLUED DOCUMENTED ARMY AIR CORPS

IN 96% ORIGINAL CONDITION, 100% CORRECT AS PER CLAWSON, EXACTLY THE WAY IT WAS WHEN IT WAS SHIPPED FROM COLT’S TO SPRINGFIELD ARMORY IN APRIL 1941, WE HAVE AN ORIGINAL BLUED MATCHING NUMBERED SLIDE ROBERT SEARS INSPECTED COLT 1911A1 . THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST OF THE BLUED PISTOLS AS THE PARKERIZED FINISH WAS FULLY INTRODUCED IN MAY. THIS GUN HAS A VERY WELL DOCUMENTED HISTORY, IT WAS ISSUED TO CAPTAIN RALPH SHERROD, A P38 PILOT WHO SERVED IN THE 5TH AIR FORCE IN THE PACIFIC AND LATE SERVED ON GENERAL MACCARTHURS STAFF IN ARMY INTELLIGENCE AFTER HE WAS WOUNDED AND UNABLE TO FLY. HE WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR AND AGAIN SERVED WITH MACARTHUR DURING THE KOREAN WAR. THIS IS A GREAT ARMY AIRCORPS PIECE WITH A WONDERFULL LETTER FROM THE SON AND THE M3 SHOULDER HOLSTER. DOCUMENTED PISTOLS SUCH AS THIS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE AND SELDOM SEEN.