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Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP serial number 4559 factory
inscribed
"C.P.D. No. 6" on grip safety.
This was one of 20 guns marked "C.P.D. No. 1-20" on
the grip safety shipped to the Iver Johnson Arms Company,
Boston, Massachusetts on December 22, 1909 for the Chicopee, Massachusetts
Police Department.
Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP serial number
4559 factory inscribed
"C.P.D. No. 6" on grip safety - Pistols in the serial number range
4478 - 4560 with this marking
were shipped on December 22, 1909. Serial number 4559
(pictured) is the consecutive serial number and the
consecutive police number to serial number 4560,
inscribed "C.P.D. No. 6" on grip safety (below). The
stag stocks are aftermarket replacements.
Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP serial number 4559 factory
inscribed
"C.P.D. No. 6" on grip safety - right side.
Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP serial number 4559 factory
inscribed
"C.P.D. No. 6" on grip safety - early pin
base magazine with "CALIBRE .380" marking.
Jim S. Collection
Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP serial number 4560 factory
inscribed
"C.P.D. No. 7" on grip safety.
This was one of 20 guns marked "C.P.D. No. 1-20"
on the grip safety to the Iver Johnson Arms Company, Boston,
Massachusetts on December 22, 1909 for the Chicopee, Massachusetts
Police Department.
Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP serial number
4560 factory inscribed
"C.P.D. No. 7" on grip safety - Pistols in the serial number range
4478 - 4560 with this marking
were shipped on December 22, 1909. Serial number 4560
(pictured) is the high serial number in the shipment.
Original Chicopee Special Police Badge from the period.
Rules and Regulations of the Auxiliary Police Department,
City of Chicopee, Massachusetts. |
