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This Ithaca M1911A1 was shipped to the Transportation Officer at the Belle Meade Army Service Forces Depot in Read Valley, New Jersey on July 25th, 1945 in a 5,000 gun shipment. The included Vendor shipping document shows a cost of $33.22 per pistol.
This Ithaca pistol is near the end of production for Ithaca for WWII and was on the 2nd to last shipment. The last recorded Ithaca serial number is 2660318.
The inspector stamp of FJA is for Colonel Frank J. Atwood. He was the Army Inspector of Ordnance at the Rochester Ordnance District from June 15th, 1942 to March 31st, 1946. He would inspect the total production of the M1911A1 pistols manufactured by Remington Rand and Ithaca.
