union switch an signal 1911a1

[padredan]

I inherited this union switch and signal awhile back and pretty much put it away and forgot about it . a week or so ago I rediscovered it and cleaned up and did a little research and found out the u.sn s are the second rarest of the 1911a's . this one belonged to my uncle a member of the 101st abn div ,during world war two and made the night jump into france and the day jump into Holland , I guess some how he did not turn his pistol in and so here it is . u.sn s are rare this one is a bit different in it is blued and not parakerised slide is heat treated and has proof marks but not the inspectors stamp, serial number is correct and the barrel is a hs or high standard magazine is period correct code marked l, over all condition is very good ,grips are period correct ,made for air craft windshield ,which you see from time to time , these did not yellow ,bore is ok but not great ,which is typical . thought I would share it here