Manufactured circa 1950, this pistol is one of a group of Government Model pistols marked at the factory "PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK" on the right side of the slide below the one line Hartford address. The serial number is marked on the right side of the frame and the left side of the slide is marked "GOVERNMENT / MODEL COLT AUTOMATIC / CALIBER .45" followed by the Rampant Colt. The upper left side of the trigger guard bow is marked with the letter "Q" over the triangle "VP" proof mark and the opposite is marked with the number "2". The barrel is blue with bright chamber marked "COLT .45 AUTO", standard sights, checkered hammer spur, serrated arched main spring housing, unmarked blue magazine and fitted with plastic checkered grips with a circled Rampant Colt.