Military 1911A1 Markings Serial Number Range

Glenn graduated from Delaware Academy in 1946, and served in.

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General Guy H. Drewry who was the US Army Inspector of Ordnance, Springfield Ordnance District from June 17 1942 to July 15 1945.

It also has the correct P proof mark just below the mag release button which matches P on top of slide showing to be all correct for this gun.

Also visible is the Ordnance mark behind right grip to the right of the hammer pin.

The gun was originally made with the blued finish as was normal until late 1943 has been re-blued at some stage of its life.

This was an excellent job quite likely not long after its military life as there is no pitting or damage of any kind beneath the refinished blue all markings are clear easily visible.

Grips are correct checkered Type 10 Keyes Fiber grips they are in excellent condition with no chips or cracks.

If only the Monarch Butterfly could match the miraculous metamorphous of this pistol.

The top of the slide is a P a British Proof mark and Not English Made.

The barrel, as visible through the ejection port is marked with three British Proof Marks (Please see detailed photos of these).

The right side of the frame is marked with the Springfield crossed cannons, an 8V proof, United States Property No.

Not English Made.

There is another proof mark behind the trigger on the right side (please see photos.) The right side trigger guard bow is marked 41.

The left side of the frame is marked G.H.D.

Canadian Broad Arrow in a C.

The left side of the barrel at the lug is marked Colt 45 Auto and the lug is marked P.

The rear of the slide, under the firing pin stop, is numbered 934 715.

This is a very well-marked, all correctly marked, Canadian 1911.

There is slight marking to the fragile matte surface, especially on the top of the slide and underside at the dust cover.

The British marks are crisp and several are absolutely over the finish.

The finish has only barely begun to age and there is general and light edge wear.

There is no pitting or erosion, and except for a few surface rubs, this is about the highest condition Canadian 1911-A1 we have ever seen.

Military 1911A1 Markings Serial Number Range

Also in this serial number range all of the known 1,515 Canadian Lend-Lease pistols.

These Canadian pistols can only be identified by their Broad Arrow enclosed in a C mark that was applied to the Left rear of the slide and to the left of the receiver above the magazine release.

To make things even more interesting, most of the Canadian pistols were returned to England after the war, and due to British proof laws, they were proof marked on the receiver, slide, and barrel with normal British proofs at the time they were disposed of.

Therefore a normal Canadian 1911A1 pistol will have both the broad arrow-C marks on the receiver and slide, but will have the normal British proofs as well.

Not all of the Canadian Lend Lease pistols were returned to England after the war as some were apparently used in Canadian prisons and possibly elsewhere.

These Canadian prison pistols received the Broad Arrow enclosed in a C mark but did not receive any of the normal British proofs.

These pistols were all described as 70 original finish with property numbers electric penciled in the right side of the slide.

The plot thickens) Several months later a Canadian Lend Lease pistol appeared in the catalog of a well-known, nationally advertised Southern California dealer of US military pistols.

The pistol differed from normal Canadian Lend Lease pistols in that it did not have the normal British proofs.

Its serial number was IDENTICAL to one of the pistols sold at the auction a few months earlier.

However the Southern California dealer described the pistol as having 99 original finish and had the original shipping box.