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This Ithaca M1911A1 was shipped to the Transportation Officer at the Rock Island Ordnance Depot on March 5th, 1945 in a 5,500 gun shipment. The included Vendor shipping document shows a cost of $33.22 per pistol.
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.
