Inscribed and Identified Pre-War Colt Government Model 45 ACP ( L2024-02064) 

Serial number C94967. Made in 1917.  This gun is in 45 ACP with a 5" barrel. This gun is in excellent condition with 90% of the original blue finish with the main concentration of blue loss is on the front strap and main spring housing. The grips are nice and sharp. The left hand side of the frame is marked "Lieut. Harold N. Pember U.S. R." Lieutenant Harold Nevers Pember was born in Pittsfield Massachusetts in 1896. He was a Lieutenant in the US Signal Corps Reserves. Lieutnetant Pember died prematurely in  on January 3, 1935 of pulmonary Tuberculosis. He was listed as divorced and the primary caretaker of two young Children. This is a beautiful example of a Prewar Government model Colt. Accompanying this gun is a factory letter and a well researched biographical outline of Lieutenant Harold Nevers Pember.