Manufactured in 1917 during World War I for commercial sales. This pistol is accompanied with a Colt factory letter dated January 22, 2019 that lists this pistol in its current configuration as being shipped to H & D Folsom Arms Company New York, New York on May 1, 1917. It was one of 50 guns in the shipment. The slide has the two-line/two-block address and patent dates on the left side ahead of the Rampant Colt, and the caliber marking on the right. The frame is marked "VP" on the trigger guard, a flat top rear sight, checkered slide stop, wide hammer, long smooth trigger, short grip safety, smooth flat mainspring housing, checkered grips with diamond flats, unmarked two-tone magazine and a blued barrel marked "P" on the underside. Included with the pistol is a properly hand-numbered matching Colt black box with appropriate end labels.