SOLD US WW2 ITHACA 1911A1 JULY, 1944 MINT CRISP EXAMPLE

IN 98% MINT CRISP CONDITION, WE HAVE AN VERY NICE MID 1944 PRODUCTION ITHACA, 100% CORRECT AS IT LEFT THE FACTORY.  THIS IS A REALLY CRISP LOOKING GUN WITH VERY LITTLE MORE THAN STORAGE WEAR.   THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS PISTOL IS THAT IT IS ONE OF 2,000 PISTOLS THAT WERE SHIPPED OUT OF NEW YORK DIRECTLY FOR EUROPE.  I HAVE SEEN SHIPMENTS LIKE THIS ON COLT PISTOLS AND THEY WERE ULTIMATELY HEADED TO G-2 ARMY INTELLIGENCE.  THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN  ITHACA SHIPMENT OF THIS TYPE DURING THE WAR,  MOST OF THE ITHACA PISTOLS WERE SHIPPED TO THE NAVY, OR TO ARMY OR AIR COPRS ORDANCE DEPOTS.  EXCLUDING OF COURSE THE MANY LEND LEASE PISTOLS.    ITHACA’S ARE NOT EASY GUNS TO FIND, THEY ARE THE THIRD RAREST CONTRATOR AFTER UNION SWITCH AND SINGER.  THIS IS A REALLY NICE FAIRLY EARLY EXAMPLE WITH THE LARGE P PROOFS AND IT DEFIANTLY HAS THE ITHACA LOOK TO IT.