This is a very rare example of an Model 1911 semi-automatic pistol that was manufactured by the "North American Arms Company Limited" of Quebec Canada. In early July 1918, the U.S. Government issued a contract for 500,000 Model 1911 pistols to the North American Arms Co., of Quebec Canada. The North American Arms Company leased the Ross Rifle plant to actually do the manufacturing and as part of the contractual arrangement, the U.S. Government was to supply all the raw materials. However due to the material shortages they were only able to supply enough material to produce approximately 100 sets of tool room parts, some of which were later assembled into completed pistols. Due to the ending of WWI, the contract was canceled in December of 1918 with no completed examples of these pistols ever being accepted by the U.S. Government. However the U.S. Ordnance salvage board did accept/reclaim this large lot of parts and assemblies as part of the contract termination settlement and which were later disposed of. These 100 pistols were uniquely marked with only a controlling serial number on the left rear section of the slide along with the factory markings also on the left side of the slide. According to a January 2002 article in "The Gun Report", Meadows indicates serial number 34 is one of only 16 examples known to exist. This specific pistol is marked on the slide "MANUFACTURED BY/NORTH AMERICAN ARMS CO. LIMITED/QUEBEC CANADA" along with control number "34" on the upper left rear end of the slide, the trigger, and the lower left rear corner of the frame under the grip. The configuration of the parts and components were the same as the standard Colt Model 1911 models. The hammer is a wide spur version similar to the Colt production models, except it is without any checkering on the spur. The grip panels are the standard checkered walnut versions. The magazine is a blued Colt manufactured half tone pattern with a lanyard loop on the base plate.