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					 Super .38 serial number 35475 (ca. 1944) - WWII 
					period Super .38 shipped to the Office of the Chief of 
					Ordnance, Technical Division, Washington, D.C., February 5, 
					1944.  Processed on Colt Factory Order number 4045 in a 
					shipment of two pistols.   
					 Springfield Research Service indicates that this pistol 
					was shipped from Letterkenny to the US Army Air Force: 
						35475 - SUPER - 020844 - LETTERKENNY-->ARMY AIR 
						FORCES B – Pistol has matching serial number under firing pin stop 
					plate, Swartz safety. ‘C’ on top of frame.  Barrel is marked 
					“Colt Super 38 Auto” on lower left of chamber. Full blue 
					magazine with “Colt Super 38 Auto” on the bottom. Pre-war 
					hammer and M1911 slide stop. Rear sight, grips screws, 
					plunger, grip safety, magazine catch are parkerized.  Carved 
					ivory “dragon chasing pearl” motif stocks (occupied Japan). |