This U.S. Model 1911A1 Semi-automatic pistol was manufactured by the Ithaca Gun Co., of Ithaca, New York, in 1944. Ithaca Model 1911A1 pistols in this serial number range were shipped to Ogden Arsenal and the Benicia Ordnance Depot in May 1944. The slide and receiver have a gray-green parkerized finish and the barrel is blued. The receiver feed ramp is bright. The pistol is fitted with checkered brown plastic stocks and is complete with a full-blued magazine. The pistol has a seven-rib mainspring housing, narrow hammer with serrated spur, serrated safety lock and slide stop and stamped trigger. The left side of the trigger guard bow is stamped with the distinctive Ithaca factory proofmark. Small Ordnance 'Shell and Flame' insignias are stamped in the receiver barrel channel and on the back of the slide above the firing pin hole. The right side of the receiver is stamped with the Ordnance Corps escutcheon behind the grip. "UNITED STATES PROPERTY/No 1451272" is stamped in two lines behind the slide stop hole and "M 1911 A1 U.S.ARMY" is stamped in one line in front of it. The Ordnance final inspection mark "FJA" is stamped vertically on the left side of the receiver below the slide stop. A "P" proofmark is stamped on the left side of the receiver behind the magazine release. The top of the slide is stamped with a "P" proofmark between the rear sight and the ejection port. The left side of the slide is roll-stamped: "ITHACA GUN CO.,/ITHACA, N.Y." in two lines. The blued barrel has the "H.S." (High Standard) marking on the right lug and a "P" proofmark on the left. The early style Keyes Fibre Co., stocks lack reinforcing rings around the screw holes. There are strengthening ribs, mold marks and the Keyes star on the inside of the stocks. The full blued magazine is unmarked.

Excellent. The pistol retains 95% of the original gray-green parkerized finish with minor edge wear on the high points of the receiver and slide. The slide and receiver have some scattered handling and storage marks, The barrel has about 80% of the blue finish. The stocks and stock screws are in excellent condition. The markings on the frame and slide are clear. The magazine retains at least 98% of the original blue finish. This is a very good example of a WWII, 1944 production Ithaca, Model 1911A1 pistol.