in Tokyo Arsenal SOLD - WWI Colt 1911 - 1918. S/N is 1462673, which falls within the 1943-issued serial numbers for Ithaca M1911 A1: 1943 Serial Numbers: 14430 Ithaca (30,000 produced in this series. A geometric-shape proofmark, like a triangle, arrowhead or such, on the front left of triggerguard indicates an M1911A1 made by Ithaca. Many engines with numbers in the 300,000 range were also sold on that date. After some research I found that all that mean is that at less 50% of this gun was made in the USA. This is a rare WWI Colt Model 1911 Pistol from 1918 with the earlier version Colt Model 1911 Slide. Depending if the pistol is used the person before you could have taken a G. Even after Colt began using unique serial numbers in the 's, Colt often combined a number numbers models serial one serial dating range.
