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Coltautos.com Gun of the Month - October 2000
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Model M .32 serial number 381490 with factory inscription "G.P.D. No. 2" engraved (not roll marked) on the left side of the frame where the serial number is typically located. This was one of 13 guns shipped to the Gloversville, NY Police Department in the 1920s. It is interesting to note that in order to accommodate the location of the inscription, the serial number was factory engraved on the right side of the frame.
Factory letter for GPD marked Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP indicates that the gun was one of 13 shipped to the City of Gloversville Police Department, Gloversville, New York on February 26, 1921. Processed on Colt Factory Order number 2604/13. An original photograph with names of the members of GPD from 1949
The membership list is from a picture of the Gloversville Police Department in 1931. The original picture is on display at the City of Gloversville and is part of their Archives collection. The picture is four rows of portraits, five across with the Chief and Captain having slightly larger pictures than the others. It was reproduced from Fulton's site from James Morrison, Historian for the City of Gloversville. (Copyright © 2000 James Morrison & Jeanette Shiel All Rights Reserved. ) |
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