Recently my father-in-law passed away. He was a "collector" (aka hoarder
) and had told stories about a 1911 his grandfather carried on D-Day that he supposedly still had. But we had never seen it and he wasn't the type to show off his stuff. Low and behold my mother-in-law is looking through a linen closet today and finds this. Colt M1911A1, US Army. Checked the serial number and the mfg date and is 1943! It had 4 mags. Two loaded with ammo headstamped WCC 82 and 1 loaded with ammo headstamped ECS 43. Near as I can tell that ECS headstamp means Evansville Chrysler, Sunbeam Ordinance plant and the rounds were manufactured in 1943. Just stunned at this whole thing. It's in amazing condition.
