SOLD US WW1 COLT 1911 “BLACK ARMY” AUG 1918 VERY SHARP PISTOL!

IN 97% REALLY SHARP, VERY HARD TO FIND CONDITION LIKE YOU JUST NEVER SEE, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL EXMAPLE OF AN AUGUST  1918 SHIPPED BLACK ARMY COLT 1911.  THIS PISTOL IS 100% CORRECT EXACTLY AS IT LEFT COLTS.  THIS PISTOL WAS SHIPPED OUT IN LATE AUGUST TO THE ORDNANCE DEPOT AT BUSH TERMINAL FOR IMMEDIATE RUSH SHIPMENT TO FRANCE.  THESE LATER 1918 PRUDCTION PISTOLS WERE FINSIHED IN A BLACK OXIDE FINISH WHICH WAS A MORE EXPEDIANT PROCESS THAN THE EARLIER BRUSHED BLUE FINISH. THEY ARE KNOWN TO COLLECTORS AS “BLACK ARMYS” DUE OT THE DULLER DARKER LOOK.    OVER TIME THIS BLACK OXIDE FINISH WAS NOT VERY DURABLE AND RAPIDLY TURNED BROWN OR FLAKED OFF ALTOGETHER.  THIS PISTOL IS A TOPE EXAMPEL AS IT SHOWS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF THIS AGING. COLLECTORS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CHALLENGED IN FINDING A DECENT EXAMPLE OF THIS PISTOL, ITS MUCH EASIER TO FIND A BRUSHED BLUE GUN IN TOP CONDITION.  THIS IS A TOP EXAMPLE OF THE BLACK ARMY COLT AND THEY JUST DONT COME UP FOR SALE THIS NICE VERY OFTEN.