Manufactured in 1913, in the second year of contract production. The included factory letter confirms this pistol was part of a 500-piece shipment to the Commanding Officer of the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois on March 1, 1913. Aside from the traditional "Not Listed" grips, the letter confirms the major features of the pistol. Many of these early 1911s were subjected to hard service in multiple American wars, subjected to field armorer repairs or arsenal rebuilds, and even after leaving government inventories were often used hard, leaving few particularly choice examples to be found. Blade front and round top rear sights, with the two-line, two-block address and patent dates ahead of the Rampant Colt on the left side of the slide, "MODEL OF 1911 U.S. ARMY" on the right, Penfield "WGP" inspected frame, long smooth trigger, wide checkered hammer, short grip safety, flat mainspring housing, an unmarked two-tone magazine, and a barrel marked "P H" on top of the hood and "5" ahead of the lug. Includes an early pattern brown U.S. leather flap holster, marked "1914 H.E.K." on the rear, with a swivel-equipped hanger and a buckling thigh strap.