SOLD 1930 NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE ISSUE COLT DETECTIVE SPECIAL……FIRST ISSUE……. WITH COLT LETTER…..GREAT LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAP PIECE!

IN 95% VERY SHARP CONDITION,WE HAVE A VERY RARE EXAMPLE OF A VERY EARLY PRODUCTION COLT DETECTIVE 38 SPECIAL REVOLVER. THIS REVOLVER WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1930 AND WAS SHIPPED TO CAPTAIN WILLIAM O NICOL OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE , TRENTON STATION ON SEPT 10, 1930 AND WAS PART OF A 32 GUN SHIPMENT.  CAPTAIN NICOL WAS COMMANDANT OF THE STATE POLICE ACADEMY AND HAD OTHER IMPORTANT DUTIES AS WELL.   THIS GUN HAS ALL THE VERY RARE EARLY FEATURES SUCH AS THE SQUARE BUTT AND THE CHECKERED CYLINDER RELEASE. THE BORE IS MINT AND THE LOCKUP IS TIGHT. THIS IS A CLASSIC PIECE OF HISTORY FROM THE NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE, ALMOST CERTAINLY CARRIED BY A DETECTIVE DURING THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING OF 1932 AND ALL THE OTHER HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY AND ALSO THE PUBLIC ENEMY/ BOOTLEGGER ERA AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION. THIS IS A PREMIER INVESTMENT GRADE COLT WITH AN EXTREMELY DESIRABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT PEDIGREE.