Colt .45 with capture papers

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

by saying French it enabled them to bring it home

It is a Govt Model, not a lot of them were bought for the gov't and could have been private issue. Yours was made in 1917

Ed

The slide is marked "Colt Automatic Calibre 45"...I'm not into Gov't issued 45's (although I carried several in the Marines) but wouldn't this spelling indicate an export weapon???