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Coltautos.com Gun of the Month - June 2017
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Courtesy
Nationaal
Miltair Museum Military Presentation Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP US Property marked serial number 567162 - Colt .32 presented by General William Westmoreland to the Dutch Chief of Staff in 1971. Pistol is a parkerized variation that's had the sides polished and blued. The trigger, thumb safety and magazine release are nickel plated and the checkered walnut stocks that lack Colt medallions have been inlet with two plaques which bear the following presentation inscriptions: Left stock plate: LIEUTENANT GENERAL WILLEM VAN
RIJN / CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF /
ROYAL NETHERLANDS ARMY
Willem van Rijn (29 December 1915 -
October 20, 1997) was a Dutch military general. From 1972
until his departure in 1973, he served as the chairman of
the United Nations Chiefs Committee, the highest military
adviser to the minister. (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_Rijn) Military Presentation Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP US Property marked serial number 567162 - Colt .32 presented by General William Westmoreland to the Dutch Chief of Staff in 1971 showing the open case in its entirety. |
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