Brought back from Germany by a returning GI......
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut.
These pistols were popular civilian firearms for much of their life, and also served as United States General Officer pistols from the 1940s until their replacement by the M15 General Officers pistol in the 1970s.
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) issued the Model 1903 to its officers during World War Two.
Many gangsters of the pre-World War Two era favored the Model 1903 because it was relatively small and easily concealed. It is said that Al Capone kept one in his coat pocket and Bonnie Parker used one to break Clyde Barrow out of jail after smuggling it into the jail by taping it to her thigh.
After WW2 Veteran acquiring this Colt 1903 Pistol, found an ad for it in a copy of a 1918 Sears, Roebuck Catalog.
Would have cost $16.50 back then!
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The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut.
These pistols were popular civilian firearms for much of their life, and also served as United States General Officer pistols from the 1940s until their replacement by the M15 General Officers pistol in the 1970s.
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) issued the Model 1903 to its officers during World War Two.
Many gangsters of the pre-World War Two era favored the Model 1903 because it was relatively small and easily concealed. It is said that Al Capone kept one in his coat pocket and Bonnie Parker used one to break Clyde Barrow out of jail after smuggling it into the jail by taping it to her thigh.
After WW2 Veteran acquiring this Colt 1903 Pistol, found an ad for it in a copy of a 1918 Sears, Roebuck Catalog.
Would have cost $16.50 back then!
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