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Colt Detective Special .38 - Collector's Information Factory Inscribed "Laurence Zygmunt" .38 Special Serial Number 788537 (ca. 1961)

Colt Detective Special .38 serial number 788537 - Nickel plated and factory inscribed Laurence Zygmunt on rear grip strap.

Colt Detective Special Serial Number 788537 - left side.

Colt Detective Special factory inscribed "Laurence Zygmunt" on the rear grip strap. Inscription is unusual in that it is a hand engraved facsimile of Laurence Zygmunt's signature.

 

Colt Detective Special Round Butt Serial Number 788537 with 2" barrel - Blue finish with checkered walnut grips.  Marked on left of barrel:

DETECTIVE SPEC.
.38 COLT N.P. CTG.

 

Factory letter confirms inscription on the backstrap and shipment on August, 31, 1961 to L.F. Zygmunt c/o General Aircraft Supply Corp., Detroit City Airport, Detroit, Michigan.  This was a one gun shipment processed on Colt Factory Order number 10310.

Colt Detective Special Serial Number 788537 - right side. 

Right side of barrel marked:

COLT'S PT. F.A. MFG. CO.
HARTFORD CONN U.S.A.

Serial numbers marked inside the crane.

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