Colt Government Model WWI British purchase

varifleman · 03-14-2013, 10:58 AM

The original owner of this pistol was 1st Lt George Carl Wilkins. He entered Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg NY in May 1917; commissioned 1st Lt Infantry August 15; assigned to 301st Machine Gun Battalion, 76th Division and sailed for France July 8, 1918. He was transferred to the 146th Machine Gun Battalion, 41st Division on November 9 1918 and returned to the U.S. on February 25, 1919. He transferred to the 153rd Depot Brigade, Camp Dix on 27 February and was discharged on 25 May 1919.

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03-14-2013, 10:58 AM	#15
varifleman User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 71 Thanks: 9 Thanked 64 Times in 15 Posts	The original owner of this pistol was 1st Lt George Carl Wilkins. He entered Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg NY in May 1917; commissioned 1st Lt Infantry August 15; assigned to 301st Machine Gun Battalion, 76th Division and sailed for France July 8, 1918. He was transferred to the 146th Machine Gun Battalion, 41st Division on November 9 1918 and returned to the U.S. on February 25, 1919. He transferred to the 153rd Depot Brigade, Camp Dix on 27 February and was discharged on 25 May 1919.