THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE PISTOL. THE FRAME LETTERS AS A 1918 US PROPERTY COLT 1911. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT THAT. FROM WHAT I HAVE GATHERED THIS IS A "LUNCHBOX" COLT. FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW WHAT THAT IS... ITS A PISTOL PIECED TOGETHER BY A FACTORY WORKER THAT WOULD STEAL PARTS IN THEIR POCKETS OR LUNCHBOX TO ASSEMBLE THE GUN LATER. REASONS FOR THIS ASSUMPTION SINCE IT CANT BE VERIFIED IS THAT THERE ARE NO INSPECTION MARKS OR INSPECTOR MARKS ON THIS PISTOL AT ALL. THIS PISTOL WAS ALSO SLATED TO BE SHIPPED TO SPRINGFIELD ARMORY IN 1918 BUT SPRINGFIELD ARMORY HAS NO RECORD OF IT EVER MAKING IT THERE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE CLOSE UP THAT THIS PISTOL WAS NEVER INSPECTED AT COLT AS NO ONE STAMPED IT ANYWHERE. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL BLUE NOT REFINSIHED!!! 1918 US PROPERTY FRAME, COMMERCIAL SLIDE WITH NO SERIAL NUMBER MARKED BEHIND THE FIRING IN BLOCK. ALSO NO INSPECTOR MARK UNDER THE SLIDE. HAS 1911A1 PARTS ON IT AS WELL.