In May of 1942 the U.S. government initially placed an order with Union Switch & Signal Co. for 200,000 Model 1911A1 pistols, an order which was later revised to 55,000 pistols. This pistol was likely manufactured in mid-1942 and delivered in the second shipment of 12,000 pistols in August of that year. The slide is marked with the "USS" monogram and "U.S. & S. Co./SWISSVALE, PA. U.S.A." on the left side, with a Robert Downie "R.C.D." on the left of the frame, and standard U.S. government nomenclature on the right. It is fitted with blade and notch sights, thin checkered hammer, short stamped trigger, long grip safety, arched checkered mainspring housing with lanyard loop, reinforced replacement Keyes Fiber grips, full blue "L" marked magazine and a full blue barrel marked "HS" on the right side of the lug and "P" on the left.

Very fine, retains 99% plus arsenal refurbished parkerized finish with some scattered light handling marks, some scattered very light edge wear, and a slight variation in color towards the front of the slide. The grips are also very fine with a few light handling marks near the bottom and sharp checkering. Mechanically excellent.