SOLD COLT 1911A1 1939 US NAVY CONTRACT 100% ORIGINAL AND CORRECT

IN 95% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BLUED 1939 COLT 1911A1 GOVERMENT PISTOL THAT WAS SHIPPED BY COLTS ON NOVEMBER 25, 1939 TO THE NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT AT SEWELL’S POINT VIRGINIA.  THIS PISTOL IS 100% CORRECT AND ORIGINAL, IT HAS THE MATCHING NUMBERED SLDIE AND THE CORRECT SMALL G COLT MILITARY BARREL.  THE TOP OF THE FRAME ALSO BEARS THE R IN OVAL INPSECTION MARK OF MAJOR CHARLES REED.  THIS IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF AN VERY RARE PRE WAR 1939 NAVY COLT ONLY 3,636 PISTOLS WERE MADE IN 1939 AND MOST ARE SITTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PACIFIC.  THIS PISTOL WAS CARRIED DURING THE WAR BY A USNR LT AND HE BROUGHT IT BACK AFTER THE WAR.   WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION AND A PICTURE WHICH WILL BE PASSED TO THE OWNER.  THIS IS A VERY DECENT PISTOL BUT IT HAS BEEN CARRIED AND SEEN SOME COMBAT  USE.  THERE ARE SOME ROUGH SPOTS ON THE FRAME BOTTOM FORWARD OF THE TRIGGERGAURD BUT IN TOTAL IT STILL POPS NICELY, THE SIDE ARE STUNNING AND WE ARE NOT ASKING 20K FOR IT EITHER.  THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY NICE EXAMPLE OF A VERY RARE PISTOL.  I HARDLY NEED TO TELL YOU THAT THESE PRE WAR MILITARY COLTS ARE THE ABSOLUTLE APEX OF 20TH CENTURY MILITARY HANDGUNS.  THIS IS A RARE CHANCE TO OWN AN ICONIC PIECE OF WW2  US NAVAL HISTORY.  ONLY A SMALL HANDFULL OF THESE PISTOLS EXIST IN THIS CONDITION.