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BEAUTIFUL , RARE 2" COLT COMMANDO , WW 2, LETTERS TO INTELLIGENCE CORPS. W/ U.S. PROPERTY MARKING
Guns International #: 102552431 Seller's Inventory #: CC2US
Category: Colt Revolvers - Double Action Pre-War - Military Revolvers - US
Seller's Information
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Seller: UNCLE
Company: kjm606aol
Member Since: 3/3/15
First Name: KEN
Last Name: MARTIN
State: Pennsylvania
Zip: 19072
Country: United States
Phone: (610) 667-4185
Fax:
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Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: Certified funds, Postal M.O. Personal Check
Description:
**** sold pending funds ****THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL WW 2 COLT COMMANDO 2" BARREL WITH GHD, FLAMING BOMB AND U.S. PROPERTY MARKINGS. IT IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH PERFECT BORE AND ACTION ALONG WITH ORIGINAL GRIPS . ....
IT WAS RECEIVED IN AN OLD , FITTED HOLSTER MARKED " WARDEN " .....AT FIRST IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE " PRISON WARDENS" PERSONAL FIREARM. AFTER ALMOST TOSSING THE HOLSTER, A SMALL PEICE OF PAPER THAT WAS STUFFED IN THE MUZZLE END, FELL OUT AND IT READ ; S #...36478....1941/2/3 ....MAJ. LEO WINSTON WARDEN ....SR.# 01179669.....9-16-40....WW 2 & KOREA.....INTELL/ COURIER. A LETTER WAS SENT FOR FROM COLT , THAT CAME BACK DOCUMENTING THE GUN TO THE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CORPS. FEB. 1944. IT ALSO INDICATES IT WAS ORIGINALLY SHIPPED WITH A 4" BARREL AND FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THE BOOK , U.S. HANDGUNS OF WW 2 INDICATES THAT APPROX. 3000 WERE CONVERTED TO 2" BARRELS AT THE END AND OF THE WAR AND AFTER. A COPY OF THE FACTORY LETTER IS PICTURED ALONG WITH THE HOLSTER , PAPERS FOUND, ALONG WITH HIS OBITUARY. FURTHER RESEARCH OF MAJ. WARDENS MILITARY RECORD MAY BE OF INTEREST.
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes