Manufactured in 1943. Blade front and flat top rear sights, with the two-line, two-block markings divided by the Rampant Colt on the left side of the unnumbered slide and a "G.H.D." inspected frame with "B/VP" and "82" on the trigger guard. Fitted with a wide checkered hammer, short stamped trigger, long grip safety, arched checkered mainspring housing, reinforced Colt grips, "R" and "C-R" marked full blue magazine, and a "COLT 45 AUTO" marked full blue barrel.