Make sure that the number "42" or "43" is stamped inside the sideplate. The matching plate would have one of those numbers in there.
Looks like some pitting. What condition are gripstraps? Perhaps a $1400 gun plus holster. Tools were not aluminum and should be blued.
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 Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum -
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